Jars of Clay by Lee Strauss

captain had not thrown him overboard. Bile and a sour taste of the evening’s dinner burned his throat. He had never felt so miserable and death seemed a welcome relief. Maybe he should just offer himself up to the gods in sacrifice. Captain Decimus would save his cargo, and he would be at peace in the underworld.
    But the gods refused. As quickly as the storm rose up, it passed. The wind calmed and the rocking slowed. With trembling legs Lucius joined the others, scooping water and mopping the deck, and repairing ropes and sails.
    In the morning he spotted land, and relief overwhelmed him. Soon this nightmarish trip would end and his new life would begin. Once he had helped to unload the cargo at the harbor in Ostia, he gathered his pay and caught the next carriage to Rome.
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