Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student is the 2014 novel by writer and pilot Richard Bach. The first "Illusions" book was published in 1977 and was an international best-seller, telling the story of a pilot who encounters a messiah who has absconded from the "job" of being a messiah. ("Illusions" was the author's followup to 1970's "Jonathan Livingston Seagull".) The sequel is in author Richard Bach's voice, as his "imaginary" literary characters help him in his recovery from his real-life plane crash. After decades of flying without incident, author Richard
HMS Seagull (1805) April 1806 she sent a Prussian galiot into the Downs. She was active in 1807 in the North Sea and the Downs and received prize money for the following captures, either alone or in company with other British vessels. In addition, she recaptured two ships: Lastly, "Seagull"s boats retrieved the "Dove", which they found drifting and derelict on 29 August 1807 off the coast of France. "Dove", of Weymouth, had a cargo of stone. "Seagull" brought her into the Downs. Lastly, "Seagull" recaptured the transport "Elizabeth", which three privateers had captured on 15 October. "Seagull" brought the "Elizabeth" into Dover.