"“Youth, and the sea, and a voyage to nowhere except possibly self-discovery have been a powerful theme in the novel ever since Joseph Conrad, and Dennis Doherty does that tradition proud with Liberty Call.”

— Tad Richards

NYT bestselling author

 “…a maelstrom cruise through the South China Sea in a man’s world[,] a raw and honest telling of men living high on the edge.”

— Laurence Carr

Pancake Hollow Primer 

and Lightwood Press

“Dennis Doherty’s superlative novel combines his first-hand knowledge of warships with the compelling character of Walter Schmertz, to tell a sizzler of a story. Animated prose has you turn the pages as fast as the eye can see. Many head-turning events later, you’ll feel yourself in a new world, with a new mind. A must read!

— David Appelbaum 

for editor of Parabola Magazine 

and founder of Codhill Press

“dazzling (stage-worthy) dialogue with poetically evocative landscape…. constitutes the voice of the narration…. The rest is character. And there are many characters that stay with you – above all, the protagonist Schmerz, naval radio operator and Arthurian Knight in disguise.”

— H.R. Stoneback

Distinguished Professor

SUNY New Paltz

“an eye-opening story...that is powerful[,] unexpected[,]made all the stronger for its roots in a real-life story.”

— D.Donovan

Senior Reviewer

Midwest Book Review"