The Voyage: A Historical Novel set during the Holocaust, inspired by real events

On May 13th 1939, five strangers boarded the MS St. Louis, a German ship leaving Hamburg on its way to Cuba. Four of the five were Jewish. There was much joy and excitement on the dock because the passengerswho boarded that ship believed that they were the lucky ones. Hitlerhimself had promised them  safety in Cuba far away from Nazi Germany and the murderous Third Reich. But, unbeknownst to the poor souls who began their journey to Cuba that day, they were about to embark upon a voyage of danger. The path of the MS St. Louis would take them on a dark andterrifying roller coaster ride. They would discover that all of theirdreams had been built on Nazi treachery, secrets, and lies. As theirlives hung in the balance each one of those five strangers would be putto the test. However, the voyage that began on that bright springafternoon was only the beginning of the story .As the ship navigated her way through the ocean  events would occur, secrets would be withheld,and friendships  would be forged that would bind these five peopletogether for rest of their lives.