Best of
Pirates

2016

Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 1: Captain Raven and the All-Girl Pirate Crew


Jeremy Whitley - 2016
    They’ve stolen everything that should be hers and now she’s going to get it back. But first, she needs a crew. Share the laughs, action, and adventure as Raven assembles the fearless crew of awesome ladies who will help her get her revenge.

Wayfinder


John Drake - 2016
     A man of uncanny skill and intellect, he knows how to navigate ships and motivate men. Jarl Sjur is a great man with a terrible weakness: lust for his sister, Lady Frejda. Forbidden to marry or to leave him, she does everything she can to kill him, but always he survives. When Jarl sets off on an expedition from Denmark to plunder lands far away, she asks to go with him, thinking she might find an opportunity to be done with him once and for all. The men think she will be bad luck, until the ultimate sacrifice is made, and Lady Frejda joins the men on board. At Sjur’s urging, and with the promise of a share of the plundered riches, Torkillison joins the Viking expedition. He gets the men to England easily enough, but from the moment they land in Northumbria, the Saxons are ready, and a bloody battle ensues. But the greatest battle the Northmen will ever fight is when they head back to Jarl Sjur’s homeland, where he has declared himself king, and a Wizard with a desire to return to Baghdad has control of his mind… Filled with rich historical detail, epic sword fights and all the family drama of Game of Thrones, the Wayfinder will have you cheering for the good guys, no matter how many heads roll. Praise for John Drake’s Fletcher series "Swashbuckling adventure on the high seas doesn't get much better than this. […] John Drake writes beautifully, and you'll be torn between savoring the words and quickly flipping the pages. Any favorable comparison to Stevenson or Patrick O'Brian is totally justified." – Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author John Drake trained as a biochemist to post-doctorate research level before realizing he was no good at science. His working career was in the television department of ICI until 1999 when he became a full-time writer. John's hobby is muzzle-loading shooting, and his interests are British history and British politics (as a spectator), plus newspapers, TV news, and current affairs. He is married with a son and two grandchildren.

All Paws on Deck


Jessica Young - 2016
    With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Tank is a clumsy, outgoing Great Dane. Haggis is a dapper and grumpy Scottie dog. In the first book in the series, Haggis and Tank set sail as pirates. At first, Haggis doesn't see what Tank does--that an adventure awaits them with just a little imagination! But soon, Haggis joins in the fun and the two friends go on a pirate adventure. They talk like pirates, swab the deck, and even search for buried treasure. This series is full of clever wordplay and homophones that make Haggis and Tank's adventures even more fun!

Honor Bound Trilogy Box Set


Jon Kiln - 2016
     Captain Berengar is returning to his home village to enjoy a quiet retirement. He is accompanied by his trusted sword-brother and lieutenant, Nisero. Unbeknownst to Berengar, a local bandit leader has razed the village, killing his wife and son, and kidnapping his daughter. Berengar, with the help of Nisero, will go to the ends of the earth to bring her back. And nothing will stand in his way. Contains all three books in the series: Forsaken Betrayal Dominion

Pirate Nemesis


Carysa Locke - 2016
    All roads lead her to the one place she can’t return: home.

Killers. Thieves. Pirates. Family. Mercy has spent her life evading the Pirate Queen who attempted to murder her as a child. Now, living as a smuggler with the outlawed Talent of telepathy, she keeps her head down, takes jobs that keep her moving, and searches for answers about her mother’s disappearance fifteen years ago. But living outside the law has consequences. 
Tricked and captured, Mercy must choose between two rival factions: the terrorists who will do anything to exploit her gifts for themselves, and the pirates she’s been eluding since childhood. 

Her only ally is the most dangerous killer of them all, and trusting him may be her final mistake.
Star Wars meets Firefly in this space fantasy series readers compare to Ilona Andrews and Nalini Singh.

Amber Wake - Gabriel Falling


P.S. Bartlett - 2016
    The child of high society; although I was raised to appreciateeverything that softly landed in my hand. I followed all the rules. I worked hard, studied hard and ended up a captain in the Royal Navy before my twenty fifth birthday. Unfortunately, I saw the world through my own eyes, not the eyes of my superiors and my vision was clear. I knew my duty. I knew my job. I also knew deep down, regardless of the loyalty my commission required, my stance was in opposition and it was but a matter of time before they’d force me to stand alone. Fortunately for me, my crew was loyal too and I had the full support of my closest friend and confidant as well. I didn’t know where I’d end up but I knew one thing for sure; I needed to get the hell out of England and thanks to them, I was taking my ship with me. The time had come to hunt.

The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom


Jonny Duddle - 2016
    When they don't return, Jim Lad is suspicious and sends Bones the dog to Dull-on-Sea to find Matilda before he, too, ventures into the cave. Jim Lad soon discovers a magical haul of treasure inside the cave that has bewitched his family. Will the cave's sinister sea hags keep them prisoner forever, or can Matilda and Bones come to the Jolley-Rogers' rescue?

The Bengal Bridegift


Anne Cleeland - 2016
    But news of her father's death--and the cloud of scandal surrounding it--has suddenly made Juno the center of attention, as various factions attempt to seize her supposed bridegift--a fabulous cache of diamonds. In vain, Juno protests that she knows nothing about a bridegift, and that her father had no such fortune, but England's enemies are not convinced, and Juno is forced to escape with an unlikely ally--a Barbary pirate. Can she believe his extraordinary tale about her father, or is he only another one who is looking to steal her bridegift? Find out, as Juno plumbs depths of courage she never knew she had, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance

Butterfly Islands


Chris Seabranch - 2016
    However, minutes before the wedding, Casey flees into the jungle where she is rescued from her pursuers by a mysterious woman who sets the terrified young girl on a path to becoming a pirate - a path full of adventure, danger, personal struggles, and self-discovery. Struggling with her own fears and desires, Casey hovers between being an innocent teenage girl confused about love and her own sexuality, and becoming a ruthless pirate seeking revenge on those who have taken all she cherished away from her. Casey strives to win the trust of the Twenty-One Butterflies, a group of female pirates living on Butterfly Islands, a mystic place filled with dazzling butterflies by day and swarms of moths carrying terrifying parasites by night. A disastrous trip by the Twenty-One Butterflies to a floating city in the sky known as God's Mercy, changes everything. While trapped once more in the hands of her former husband-to-be, Casey discovers that there is a traitor in their midst. From that point on, it is a race to save her new friends' lives and to escape from the man who wishes to make the young girl his wife and a slave to his twisted desires.

The Changing Tide


K.A. Dowling - 2016
    Now, suffocated by worsening cultural persecution in the tiny port of Chancey, she feels that she is destined for something greater. In the wake of his wife’s mysterious death, the king that sits the throne has strengthened his iron grip like a vise. Suddenly, Emerala’s people are being subjected to swift and unwarranted executions. Emerala and her razor sharp tongue find it increasingly difficult to stay safely out of the hands of the golden soldiers that case the cobbled streets of her hometown. It is not until a mysterious pirate corners her in a shadowed alleyway that things begin to change. Leaving her armed with a stolen dagger and a dangerous choice, the stranger sends Emerala stumbling headfirst into danger. Emerala’s small act of rebellion is the catalyst that awakens a long buried prophecy, setting into motion a series of events that will alter the course of history. She must quickly learn to keep her enemies close or pay the ultimate price.

The Pirate's Captive


Maisy Archer - 2016
    Her plan to thwart the lawless rogue quickly goes awry, however, when she is carried off from her home and held as a captive aboard his ship. Evelyn soon discovers that while the handsome buccaneer has no intention of doing her any harm, he will not tolerate disobedience, and when she attempts an escape she ends up over his knee for a painful, embarrassing spanking in front of his entire crew. Though the stern punishment infuriates Evelyn, she cannot help wondering what it would be like to be mastered much more thoroughly, and before long she is blushing crimson and quivering with desire as he teaches her exactly what it means for a beautiful lady to surrender her body to a dominant man. Despite her growing attraction to her captor, however, his plans for her remain a mystery. She is to be delivered to a man in Boston, but she knows neither who he is nor what he wants with her. All she can be sure of is that with each passing day she feels less like a prisoner and more like a priceless treasure. But will old enemies or the dangers of the high seas tear her from her lover’s arms? Publisher’s Note: The Pirate’s Captive includes sexual scenes and spankings. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.

The House Lost at Sea


R.J. Blain - 2016
    Hiding in plain sight as an investment banker, she waits for the end of eternity and the death she has rightfully earned. When a rich client's fascination with a long dead pirate queen threatens to exhume the watery grave of Catalina's lost captain and crew, she must take up arms against friends and enemies alike to protect her captain's legacy. Should the Calico's sunken ruins be discovered, the House Lost at Sea and its unknown treasures will be plundered, revealing the secret of Catalina's immortality, guaranteeing she'll lose the most precious treasure of all: her freedom.

The Black Morass


Barbara Devlin - 2016
    In exchange for a chance at redemption, pardons for his crew, and a peaceful life, he accepts a pact that could result in liberty or death, if only he can survive the terms, but at least he will be free. When he rescues a young woman in distress, and vows to return her to her family, he is torn between his natural instincts born of violence and the honorable bargain he struck. What will Jean Marc choose?En route to Jamaica to join her father, after her guardian dies, Lady Madalene Davies departs Boston in anticipation of a new life in a foreign land. When her ship is attacked and set afire, she is left for dead, until an unlikely savior comes to her aid. Brash and bawdy, her flawed hero defies the conventional ideal, as he is no knight in shining armor and seems forever intent on shocking her, yet she cannot resist the lure he presents. What happens when danger lurks in unexpected places, faith is broken, and Madalene must rely on Jean Marc to stay alive?

Tombstone Voodoo (Tattered Sails Book 1)


Kent Holloway - 2016
     Moments before his execution, Quinn, a slave who’s been caught stealing from his masters—the Pirate Lords—offers up a prayer to Baron Tombstone, begging the powerful voodoo spirit to watch over his daughter, Asherah. When Tombstone answers his prayer, Quinn learns that there are worse fates than death. With his body transformed into a zombie vessel for the voodoo spirit to walk upon the earth, and his spirit trapped in the Locker—the mythical Realm of the Dead—Quinn must find a way back to the land of the living and discover a way to free Asherah from the bondage of the Pirate Lords and Baron Tombstone’s diabolical plans to make the girl his eternal bride.

Octopus Pirate


Jane Yates - 2016
    It’s the story of a foundling who discovers he has unusual talents, such as camouflage, squishing into small spaces and the ability to communicate with octopuses!As a baby, the hero of this book is washed up on an island off the Scottish mainland. An eccentric former nun called Mary, who lives there alone with her cats, brings him up and names him after her favorite character, Pinocchio. Later she changes this to Coco for convenience. The teenage Coco joins a circus where he makes friends with Eric, an electronic magician who has an act where he makes a robot teleport across the tent. Coco, narrowly escaping plots against him, flees to Cornwall with Eric. Here they raise funds to build a replica pirate ship, which is also an airship so they can travel back in time to fight real pirates. The crew consists of Victorian men who want to fight without any repercussions. It's a 'Fight Club', but with a twist or twenty.

Better You than I


W.A. Hoffman - 2016
    The children of Will and Gaston teeter on the cusp of adulthood in the spring of 1685. The boys, Ulysses, Apollo, and Achilles, chafe at the restrictions and enjoy the privileges created by their parents’ unconventional choices. Apollo is the reluctant heir to the title and responsibility of holding their fragile household together, Les is free to pursue their cousin Pike and the open sea, and Uly is content to stay home, painting and reading, the second son of whom there are no expectations—if only his heart didn’t yearn for a thing his head is sure he should never seek. When Apollo’s temper snaps and brings childhood’s end, they must decide the form of their souls and the shape of their destiny.

The Voyage to Magical North


Claire Fayers - 2016
    Found alone in a rowboat as a child, clutching a shard of the rare starshell needed for spell-casting, she's spent the past years keeping house for an irritable magician and his obnoxious apprentice, Peter.When Brine and Peter get themselves into a load of trouble and flee, they blunder into the path of the legendary pirate ship the Onion. Before you can say "pieces of eight," they're up to their necks in the pirates' quest to find Magical North, a place so shrouded in secrets and myth that most people don't even think it exists. If Brine is lucky, she may find out who her parents are. And if she's unlucky, everyone on the ship will be eaten by sea monsters. It could really go either way.

Mechanical Hearts


Nicole Blanchard - 2016
    Endless Adventures.https://skeletonkeybookseries.comCaroline Abernathy has lost her mind. Perhaps it was the bump on the head she took when an afternoon sailing expedition cruised right in the middle of a violent storm or maybe the stress of grad school has finally proven to be too much. Whatever the cause, she finds herself alone in a strange underwater world and at the mercy of a ruthless pirate.Everyone has a price, at least according to the Pirate Prince, Ezra Castle. In order to purchase the fare needed to bring her home, Caroline agrees to spend the remainder of the voyage on his ship, helping him locate the priceless artifact she cost him.What starts as a simple journey turns deadly when their ship is attacked by a band of assassins. Stranded, wounded, and without transportation, Caroline and Ezra will have to rely on each other to make it back alive.Life and love are on the line and time is running out. Tick Tock.

Moonfall


Matthew Allen - 2016
    Things get out of control and they accidentally start a war. Now they must fight to save the kingdom that rejected them.

The Phantom: Danger in the Forbidden City


Peter David - 2016
    This classic tale pits The Phantom against the Singh Brotherhood and their metal-handed leader who are intent on plundering an ancient fabled City of Gold. Only The Phantom, Diana and a newly found alley --taken from the pages of the first Phantom adventure-- can stop them! Filled with action, suspense, intrigue and surprises that will thrill Phantom fans and lure those only familiar with the legend.

Blackbeard's Ship: A 4 Book Historical Fantasy Pirate Adventure Box Set (Voyages of Queen Anne's Revenge Collection 1)


Jeremy McLean - 2016
     Before he was Blackbeard, Edward Thatch just wanted to be a fisherman like he father. Little did he know that the first ship he bought was a former pirate vessel. After the authorities threaten to take his Freedom away, Edward has to take matters into his own hands, and take to the seas to escape the law. Will Edward embrace the piracy that was thrust upon him, or will he crash and sink into oblivion? Find out in Blackbeard's Freedom and Blackbeard's Revenge! Bartholomew Roberts' considers himself a good man, and believes that God is just, but his faith is shaken from what he sees working on a slave ship. After pirates attack and free the slaves, Roberts' joins them to find an answer to his ultimate question: Is God just, or must man take justice into his own hands? Will Roberts' stay a saint or become a sinner? Find out in Bartholomew Roberts' Faith and Bartholomew Roberts' Justice!

Restless Sea Lord


Elizabeth Rose - 2016
    At birth, the king ordered them killed, fearing the superstitions of triplets being evil spawns of the devil who would only bring him bad luck. However, someone didn't want the babies to die, and the boys' lives were saved in secret. Now, over two decades later, Rowen and his brothers, Rook and Reed, are out for vengeance on the man who sired them and wanted them dead. Finally finding out the truth of being the English king's bastards on the night of Burnt Candlemas ten years earlier, the young boys' lives changed drastically as they were split apart in the turmoil that devastated their homeland of Scotland. Being stolen and raised by pirates, Rowen now commands a ship and works with his brothers who live in the crypts and the hills, to steal from the king and bring the riches to the Scots instead. No one knows that the legendary Demon Thief who manages to always disappear before he is caught, and who can even change his hair color from blond to red to black, is not one man, but three brothers, each with a small army of their own. Lady Cordelia of Whitehaven is a young widow who wants nothing more than to have children. She happens to end up in the wrong place at the wrong time and before she knows it, she's been taken captive by a pirate who has stolen her dowry that she plans on using to convince the king to let her marry a new husband of her own choosing. The sea captain is handsome and exciting, and protects her from being ravaged by his crew. While he's mysterious, Cordelia realizes he is very restless and has deep, dark secrets that disturb him. She hopes to uncover the secrets of the restless sea lord because she sees a noble man trapped inside, making him more of a prisoner than her. Be sure to pick up the rest of the series - Destiny's Kiss (Prequel), Ruthless Knight - Book 2, and Reckless Highlander - Book 3.

Squirrel Me Timbers


Louise Pigott - 2016
    So when he finds a treasure map, he can't believe his luck! An X marks the spot of 100,000 NUTS! Set sail for adventure with vibrant illustrations and imaginative rhyming text to discover how exciting a pirate's life can be!"

The Black Raven, White Dove


Elle Marlow - 2016
    The one thing missing from Raven’s coffers is revenge. The only thing missing from Stefan’s life is love. Bianca is the jewel in her father's crown. When she is captured and bound on the Raven, she becomes an unwilling pawn in an unknown feud between the dark pirate and her father. With every rock of the ship, Stefan steals her heart and unravels their tangled and tragic past. Bianca will need to rely on her faith and her heart to find God's purpose for her life. Is it with the legendary pirate? This is a Christian Inspired, clean reads romance. 40k words. From Internationally Amazon best-selling author Elle Marlow.

The Smuggler's Curse


Norman Jorgensen - 2016
    From terrifying encounters with cut-throat pirates to battling the forces of nature in a tropical typhoon, from dining with head-hunting guerrillas to making meals of monkey stew, Red is in for a hair-raising adventure that may cost him his life.

Doodle Adventures: The Pursuit of the Pesky Pizza Pirate!


Mike Lowery - 2016
    Together, they embark on the very important mission of finding out who has been stealing all of the pizza in town. Could it be the Dread Pirate Slobberts, the meanest, nastiest pirate ever to sail the Seven Seas? And, more important, how are they going to get all that pizza back? Armed with a well-sharpened pencil and their imaginations, and following Carl’s prompts, readers fill in the blanks on each page until the story is complete. The result is a sturdy, one-of-a-kind book—starring you!—that’s as much a joy to read over and over again as it was to make.

Wanting Ivan


Alexi Wakefield - 2016
    He eases his frustration by abusing Ivan, a captured enemy solider who he becomes obsessed with, evoking feelings inside him that he’s never known before and struggles to recognise. Carlos's obsession is fuelled when his life begins to fall apart, but just one little mistake on his part and the formidable Ivan will turn the tables on him...

The Realmwalker Prophecy: Heart of the Mermaid


Aaron Speca - 2016
    Now, conscripted into service in the Royal Navy, he focuses on his duty and an end to his tenure combating the world he grew up in. But now there is her, an apparent stowaway on his ship – beautiful, vulnerable, and irresistible. All he can think of is protecting her, even if it means turning against his own and joining her on an adventure that could impact all of history. Trishana of the Mer has a simple mission given to her by her father. Sneak aboard the HMS Ursuline and steal an object that no person should be in possession of. No human, at least. When your father is king of the Mer, you do what he says and never, ever question – and she never did, until HE found her. Strong, kind, and unlike any human she had ever met. How could she even think of betraying her father, and her betrothal, for this man she seems inexplicably drawn to? Their journey takes them from the blue waters of the Caribbean to the ruins of a long-lost city and pits them against humans, Mer, and monsters alike, with the fate of more than one world in the balance. For if the power that Trish's father seeks falls into the wrong hands, it could mean the end of their world ... and the next.

Quest for Blackbeard: The True Story of Edward Thache and His World


Baylus C. Brooks - 2016
    Edward and Elizabeth Thache sailed for Jamaica with his family sometime before 1695. Capt. Edward Thache of St. Jago de la Vega or "Spanish Town" died there at age 47 while his son, Edward “Blackbeard” Thache Jr. joined the Royal Navy and fought in Queen Anne’s War aboard HMS Windsor. Thache resembled more a Robber Baron of the early 20th century than a poor downtrodden member of Benjamin Hornigold's "Flying Gang" in the Bahamas - or even his "pupil." Capt. Charles Johnson's "A General History of the Pyrates" is a flawed historical work and much of what we have previously known about Blackbeard is simply not true. This book attempts to rediscover exactly who Blackbeard really was... and how he related to his maritime American "Pirate Nation!"

The Pirate King


Annie Pearson - 2016
    No more national security contracting! But Tony, the infamous Pirate King of the dark alleys of the Internet, begs Sam’s help to expose a conspiracy. He says rogue agents are selling national security secrets—but can you trust a pirate? Worse, Sam is being stalked and harassed by black-hat hackers and by her old nemesis, the White Knights of the New Russian Revolution. When threats spill off the Internet and Sam is pursued down dark streets, the only safe place seems to be inside the private enclaves of Seattle’s software elite. But what must she compromise in exchange for safety? Not your typical mystery-thriller, The Pirate King skates off the wall and into the gritty gravel of Seattle side streets. Stay up late with Sam for soft-boiled cyberthriller suspense, caper comedy in the rain, and insights from vengeful baristas. The Pirate King contains the kind of adult language heard from bearded tester-developers huddling at a Jay Farrar show, plus gruesome descriptions of dysfunctional dev teams.

Fallen Angel: Pirate Romance: A Sexy Time Travel Adventure Novella


Frankie Blue - 2016
     When modern girl, Eliza, wakes in an old style captain's cabin, she immediately assumes it's just another ploy by her cheating ex to get her back. But what walks through the door is definitely not her ex. Instead she's greeted by the sort of man she's only ever met in her dirtiest fantasies. Together they'll set the seas ablaze with their insatiable passion Pirate captain, James Butler has seen the worst of men but it's his own wicked deeds that shock and disgust him the most. When he arranged for a doxy to warm his bed, he never expected the strangely dressed creature who greets him with her saucy mouth and luscious red hair. But there are darker forces at work. A demon from James's past is closing in fast, and he'll destroy anyone who gets in the way of his revenge.

Call of Arcadia


Annathesa Nikola Darksbane - 2016
    The Lady won’t give up. And the Pirate won’t behave. Jonelise gave all she had when her people needed her most...and lost. Years later, she finds herself lost in a strange world, burdened with an impossible task...though she can’t remember what it is.  A gnawing hunger drives her. Amnesia haunts her. And the friends she makes cannot truly be trusted.A simple tavern girl, a lady of noble birth, and an incorrigible pirate cross her path, but even with a cast of unlikely, powerful allies—and lovers—at her side, victory seems as nebulous as the ever-present steam that shrouds these floating realms in endless clouds of white.In a world of steam and steel, spirits and superstition, where magic and leadership are one and the same, a woman who should be dead must snatch freedom from the grasp of the most powerful tyrant to ever exist, and the man who will destroy everything at her whim. But is making the same sacrifice again enough to save a people in need, and fill the void that threatens to consume her?After all, Jonelise is just one girl.One girl who may be her people’s last and only hope.Call of Arcadia is the first book in Eternal Queen’s Skies, a genre-bending series of novellas by Annathesa Nikola Darksbane, author of the Dying Ashes series. Gaslamp and Steampunk fans will enjoy the floating islands, airships, and cultural anachronisms, while fans of action and adventure will love the daring battles and exciting chases. Those hungry for an edge of romance in a plot that stands on its own, with an interest in polyamory or harem—and definitely lesbians with steamy sex scenes—will find all they desire in this series of delicious tales about Jone and her sexy lovers. Grab your copy to start reading now! Contains mild language, some violence, erotic scenes, and mild polyamorous/harem elements. By which we means there's several lesbian girls who all like the heroine and there's various amounts of attraction and sexual activity between them. It's good. You'll probably like it. There is lesbian sex in here, written by a lesbian. So if that's your thing, have at it! If not, turn back now before it's toooo laaate!  ~27,800 words

Deported


James McDonald - 2016
    After the battle of Culloden, the Duke of Cumberland, called ‘Sweet William’ by his admirers,sent his army on an orgy of destruction through the Highlands of Scotland.Arthur McKinnon was just sixteen when he saw the redcoats murder his father, rape his mother,burn his house to the ground, scar him for life and deport him halfway around the world into servitude.But Arthur had an indomitable spirit and set out to overcome everything and anyone that stood in the way of his freedom.

Pirates: Predators of the Seas


Angus Konstam - 2016
    The reality is, unbelievably, even more intriguing than the flashing swords, talking parrots, and mysterious eye patches portrayed in the movies. In this lavishly illustrated tour through history, you can explore the lives of real pirates, such as Blackbeard, Thomas Tew, and Captain Kidd. Find out how, even today, pirates regularly attack and plunder ships. Discover their motivations, diverse backgrounds, daily lives, and codes of conduct. Peek inside pirate ships, trace their journeys on the map, see their bloody battle, and thrill at the daring, brutal ways in which they live and die.From prehistory to the twenty-first century, whenever trade takes to the sea, the predators are close behind. This new authoritative history details the derring-do of pirate through the ages, analyzing our fascination for the actions of men—and some women—who were, after all, vicious criminals. Packed with illustrations, this volume is the essential companion for every armchair swashbuckler.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Pirates Vs. Monsters


Neal Privett - 2016
    Rogues. Masters of the Oceans! Men and women unafraid to challenge the dangers of the sea and the unknown! Monster! Images erupt in the mind! Vampires, zombies, werebeasts. Creatures hiding below the waves and striking from high above the clouds. And now the best authors today bring together two of the most beloved characters in Genre Fiction in Pro Se Productions’ Pirates Versus Monsters! Authors Neal Privett, Raulston Hunsinger, Dale Glaser, Mattherw Martin, Jacob Milnestein, and Jason Norton take creatures of nightmare and the terrors of the seas and throw them together in veritable storms of action and adventure! Find out who wins in Pirates Versus Monsters! From Pro Se Produdtions.

Those Who Live Long Forgotten II


James BojaciukEdward Ahern - 2016
    They cough away into obscurity, and settle into the comfortable spot just beyond our vision. You would never believe the broken down salt who moves from ship to ship, never staying long, was once the mile-high marvel Alfred Bulltop Stormalong. Nor would you believe John Paul Jones caught the attention of a spirit of the ocean, a spirit out to collect her due two hundred years later. Nor would you even stop to question the impossibility of a tree nymph's troubles with otherkin, the scraps of belief a ha'penny goddess must subsist on, or just how far into the past Dracula's history stretches. No, you wouldn't believe a word of it. Featuring stories by Dale W. Glaser, Wm. Bernan, Elizabeth Hopkinson, Marc Sorondo, L.T. Patridge, Owen Kerr, Edward Ahern, Ken MacGregor, and Ro McNulty.

Brother of a Fire Witch


John Boyle - 2016
    After turning people into frogs and single-handedly defeating an army, everyone fears and avoids her. But, as she approaches marriageable age, Haruko realizes she needs a husband, or face death from the Moon Goddess' curse. Their lives become even more complicated after Haruko is ordered to the capitol to marry a noble's daughter who thinks anything mechanical is stupid. There is one answer, but can kids raised in a steampunk world survive in modern-day America? And can Tanoshi live without the power she'd known all her life?

Blackbeard: A Notorious Pirate in the Caribbean


Tim Cooke - 2016
    Merchant ships had little choice but to surrender to his 40-cannon Queen Annes Revenge. At one point, Teach accepted a pardon but couldnt retire from piracy for good. This adventurous volume takes readers into the background of the famous figure, explains the origins of his striking monikor, and describes the bloody skirmish that ended his life. Sidebars and fact boxes offer more information about both pirates and privateers and the perils of each chosen path. Beautiful illustrations and photographs further enhance this high-interest book.

Based on a True Story: Captain Phillips


Dan LeFebvre - 2016
    Four of those have Matt Damon in them. Three of them are about the fictitious Jason Bourne character. Two of them are based on a true story. Today, we're going to be looking at one of those movies. In an effort to make 2013's Captain Phillips as authentic as possible, Paul Greengrass kept two groups of actors separate. One group had Tom Hanks playing the man the movie is named after, Captain Rich Phillips. In the other group were the actors portraying the Somali pirates. These two groups of actors never met until their roles on set together. In an interview after the film was released, Tom Hanks explained, "We were kept separate for all that time. We could see guys that looked like they were Somalis but we didn't know who was who until they came roaring into us the day that we were shooting the scene where they were taking over the bridge of the ship." Despite attempts at making the film as realistic as possible by doing things like keeping the actors separate, after Captain Phillips was released, many of the crewmen claimed the movie didn't accurately depict what happened. With a budget of $55 million, Captain Phillips made about half that on opening weekend on its way to a profitable $107 million in theaters. It was also nominated for six Oscars, and while it didn't end up winning at the Academy Awards, much of the movie's success can be attributed to the amazingly intense way the film portrays the situation. It seems so real. But is it? Note: This is a movie review that compares the movie 'Captain Phillips' with the historical facts portrayed in the film. It is an original work, and is meant to be read after you have seen the movie and read the book that the film is based on, "A Captain's Duty" by Captain Richard Phillips.

Beyond the Starline (Dark Sea Trilogy #1)


Austin Hackney - 2016
    A mysterious device. Cut-throat pirates who’d kill to get it. When her mother is murdered by pirates, Harriet Howland is thrust into a dangerous quest to find her missing father. A fast-paced steampunk adventure for everyone from 9 years old and up. Harriet Howland is happy to day-dream, listening to the tales of adventure a roguish sky monkey tells her at their secret meetings. But when her home is attacked she is thrown headlong into a dangerous struggle for survival. What is the mysterious device the dying woman gave her? Who is the strange Professor Poliakoff? Will she find out before the pirates close in?

Sky Pirates: A Gay Steampunk Novel


Gregory A. Kompes - 2016
    Queen Victoria has once again called Lord Parker Greene into service, this time to discover how and why her flying mail schooners have been disappearing. While Greene chases the sky pirates, his niece and nephew, Mildred and Cole, his wards since their father disappeared, are coming of age in bucolic Wickwillowshire without much supervision beyond the staff at Wickwillow Manor. Parker and his missing brother, Cecil, under the guise of being Plant Hunters, travel the world as Queen Victoria's emissaries. They right the wrongs that allow England to remain powerful and a wonderful place to live, even while the rest of the world falls into squander. This time, the battle is against the sky pirates who have been stealing the flying mail schooners. The mail currently contains plans for new steam operated objects and devices-the pirates want to obtain these plans to use them against England. Parker, along with a large number of captured little people (the pirates use the dwarfs as slave labor), thwart the pirates, steal back the plans, and escape on the great flying ship, Balsa Robin. Mildred and Cole, meanwhile, find love with the arrival of the new Vicar and his two children. The boys, Cole and Horatio, fall in love; the girls Mildred and Edith also fall in love.

The Pirate Fairy


A.J. Llewellyn - 2016
    He’s just having a very bad day…It’s 1841 and the high seas are a dangerous place for anybody. Denny Derrick Dalton’s the most feared pirate in the choppy waters, but his risky reputation takes a hit when a wicked old witch curses him and gives him a pair of fairy wings. It’s hard to boss your crew around when you look ridiculous. Not only that, he has no idea how to fly.Denny’s depressed. The witch, hiding as sweet Princess Fortunata, has left his ship and taken her brother, Prince Merritt, the man Derrick deeply loves, with her. Can his luck get any worse? Oh yes, it can. His crew mutinies and sells him to a slave ship.But it’s not just any slave ship. This one’s bewitched, and Denny’s soon taken to a magical court where he must explain his rotten behavior and fight for his life.But can he save himself to rescue Merritt, who’s at the mercy of his wicked sister’s magic? Reader Advisory: This book features a BDSM scene.Pre-order Date: 17th May 2016Available Exclusively to Pride Publishing: 31st May 2016General Release Date: 28th June 2016

The Hungry Horizon (Pirates of the Pacific Book 1)


Mike Hawthorne - 2016
     In Morant Bay, a fleet of buccaneers secretly prepares to attack the Spanish Main, in defiance of the peace treaty between England and Spain. A veteran of the Dutch Wars and Henry Morgan's sack of Panama, Tom Sheppard flees from a brawl in Port Royal with his two young turtle-fishing mates to join the expedition and escape the threat of the gallows. Expecting a quick raid on a Caribbean port, they find themselves carried by events far beyond their original target towards the Great Southern Ocean. The buccaneers struggle against wild seas, rivers, mountains and jungles. Their allies are fierce native tribes who have never surrendered to the Spanish colonists. For Tom, each step takes him further away from the prospect of a respectable career in Europe. Reluctantly, he is dragged deep into the criminal world of squabbling pirate captains on the edge of the known world. His dreams of escape are frustrated at every turn. He must keep his friends safe and come to terms with what he has become or go mad.

Incredible Pirate Tales: Nineteen Classic Stories of the Outlaws of the High Seas


Tom McCarthy - 2016
    Truth be told, these capricious cutthroats are not only figures of horror but also of vicarious delight. Incredible Pirate Tales captures the most incredible stories of actual and fictional characters who took up the "black flag" and a life on the high seas. In these pages meet L'Olonnois the Cruel, the most notorious and wicked pirate of his day, whose ardent cravings for plunder sailed him down a path of treachery and brutality. Witness the rise of a pirate named Peter, who successfully manages his career and settles in France, where he retires as a gentleman. Learn about the exploits, arrests, and executions of infamous sea wolves such as Jean Lafitte, Captain Charles Vane, and the Joassammee Pirates of the Persian Gulf. From the women who married them to their hostages and slaves, from the sailors defending their ships against attack to the legendary pirates themselves, everyone has an astonishing tale to tell. There are even accounts of ghost pirates seeking revenge on their enemies and reclaiming stolen treasure. This bloody band of buccaneers sailed together, caroused together, pillaged and plundered together, and, like most outlaws, died together. From the top of the hawk's nest to the depths of the galleys, this rousing collection of stories vividly captures the pirates' most savage and glorious existence.

Keraban the Inflexible And The Archipelago on Fire (2 Books)


Jules Verne - 2016
     Verne was born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, where he was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines and the stage. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism.His reputation is markedly different in Anglophone regions, where he has often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels are often reprinted. Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare.He has sometimes been called the "Father of Science Fiction", a title that has also been given to H. G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback.

Battle for the Knotty List


Michael G. Lewis - 2016
    Cast adrift and faced with stormy seas, ravenous sharks, and a striking lass who just might capture his black heart, Cap'n McNasty faces the voyage of his life. His double-dealing crew has ideas of their own and sets their sights from swabbing decks to decking halls—and changing the North Pole forever. From bow to stern, this impishly illustrated yarn of Jolly Rogers and a jolly old elf will give yer funnybone no quarter!

A Lady Born, a Pirate Bred


Claire Merchant - 2016
    But even if she is content with her life, she knows deep down it is not complete. Is she really just a pirate, or is there something more? Why does the enigmatic, dashing Sebastian and a sea maiden come into her life?

Before the End: One-Eyed Willie


Michael J. DeGrow - 2016
    Willie and his friends, Thumbs, Tolliver and Twig, find themselves unwitting passengers on a pirate ship and ultimately on a quest to find Magellan’s body - and the magnificent treasure rumored to be buried with him. Accompany these young buccaneers in their daring exploits as they encounter man-eating creatures, malevolent ghostly specters, fierce pirates, and a diabolical island chief bent on their destruction. Follow their funny mishaps and challenges as they make their way through a long, treacherous sea voyage and come to grips with adversity with the aid of Maia, an exceedingly clever island girl. Before the End will challenge the notion that One-Eyed Willie was the ruthless pirate he was once made out to be - but rather, paint a picture of a young boy finding courage, honor and virtue on his journey toward manhood.

The Sky Slayer


Joel Cornah - 2016
    But Rob Sardan went a step further - he killed their King. To break the curse he must escape a prison of ice and crystal, south of south, beyond all hope. With a ragtag team of former pirates, a failed thief and a strategist who cannot be trusted, they seek a ship that can sail on a sea of fire. They must cross the grinding ice, challenge an empire, and face the dread pirate Skagra before she unleashes the Crown of Black Glass. But above all, Rob must face the ghosts of what he has become…King Killer. Sword-breaker. Sky Slayer.'Glory is like a circle in the water which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught'.