Christine Echeverria Bender welcomes you. Open the pages of her historical fiction and you'll embark on an unforgettable journey. Click on cover to purchase. "The activities of Basque whalers in early northeastern North America are the biggest historical secret of New World history.  Christine Echeverria Bender brings their lives to light in a spell-binding story about a Basque man living among Native Americans.  Information from history, Native life, and archaeology all contribute to a dramatic tale that is so plausible, it makes you think it really happened."                                     Dr. William Fitzhugh, Archaeological Curator of the Smithsonian Institution Click on cover to purchase. "The voyage is incredible, spun by a master storyteller." Peter D. Laxalt, Author and Editor "This is a wonderful book! It is exciting, well written, and faithfully follows the principal historical events surrounding the lives of Ferdinand Magellan and the primary protagonist of the tale, Juan Sebastian de Elcano." Dr. Errol Jones, Retired Professor of Post-Columbian History "The novel will delight old salty dogs and readers without sea legs; Bender has clearly done her research, but it is not necessary to have strong historical or technical knowledge to enjoy this tale. Bender’s third-person narrative is extremely adept." Andrea Bell, Historical Novels Review Click on cover to purchase. "This fascinating and well-researched tale will make you look at history with new eyes during a journey on the Santa Maria with a young Basque sailor. The book places you on storm tossed ships and down in moldy holds. It will take you from first love to first contact. Domingo Laca dreams of going to sea and his dreams are answered, but like all heroic voyages, along with seeing new and exotic places; the hero comes back with losses, and changed forever by the journey. So is the reader." Karen Glennon, International Reading Association