Prepare to be swept away into a post-apocalyptic world of action, adventure, revenge, and romance in the gripping Pirates of New Earth series by Sarah Branson. This award-winning series of strength and resilience is set three hundred years in the future in a world reborn.
Follow the adventures of Kat Wallace as she grows from a traumatized, enslaved young woman to a strong woman who will ferociously protect her children and family as she takes on the mantle of leadership of the pirate nation that adopts her.
Award-winning author Sarah Branson was a midwife for close to thirty years, helping families welcome their little ones into their arms in the hospital, at a birth center, and at home. Now she writes tales of action, adventure, revenge, and romance. Her stories are firmly rooted in the strength and resiliency of the human spirit.
Sarah first started conjuring stories of pirates when her family hopped a freighter to Australia when she was seven. As a child and as an adult, she traveled extensively across the US and the globe. Her children grew up in Northern Michigan, swimming in Sturgeon Bay and Little Traverse Bay. Over the years, she has worked as a receptionist, retail clerk, writing tutor, business owner, and certified nurse midwife. She also taught science and history to middle school and high school students in the U.S., Brazil, and Japan. Through these myriad experiences, Sarah developed a deep appreciation for people’s strength and endurance.
Her debut novel, A Merry Life, has been honored as the 2022 Connecticut Adult Fiction winner by the Indie Author Project, and was the 2022 Kindle Book Award winner for science fiction and was named a 2022 Book of the Year finalist in the action/adventure and science fiction categories by the Independent Author Network. It is the first book in the four-book new adult series Pirates of New Earth. The second book in the series, Navigating the Storm was a finalist for The Eric Hoffer Award. The series was followed by a young adult spin-off, Unfurling the Sails, a finalist for the 2023 Foreword Indies Award and for the 2024 Independent Author Network in both action/adventure and young adult categories. In 2024, A Pirates’ Pact, her first middle-grade book, was released and garnered a Best Book Cover Page Turner Award. A stand-alone novel, North Country, A Kat Wallace Adventure, is scheduled for publication in January 2025.
This set of 4 books was suggested to me for my next read. I didn't think I would enjoy a post apocalyptic novel. However, the set was a free download on Amazon so thought I might as well give it a go. How pleased I did. I have just finished book 1 and loved the story, all the characters and how they fitted into the drama of Kat's eventful life of struggles and courage at being enslaved, her challenges of a pirate and the love of a new family. It's so well written and I was hooked from the beginning. I'm not one for long reviews, so I will finish this review now and get on with reading book 2 of the set!