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The Modern Pirate Series
Siezing the Tiger
Seizing the Tiger
A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit. Each story reveals more about the pirate, his crew, their adventures, and secret missions.
1996 Early in their careers Alex and Diego team up to smuggle refugees and contraband across the Gulf of Thailand in their small boat, the Cat. They are hijacked at sea by a notorious pirate. They vow revenge and recover their lost cargo the hard way; they steal it back, guns blazing. They gain a more powerful boat, the Tiger.
A collection of stories about Alex the Pirate and his savvy crew of rogues and thieves. They are modern pirates who love fast boats and expensive yachts, and also share a passion for treasure hunting. Alex and Diego, his second in command, scout the South China Sea and Caribbean for worthy ships to liberate from their owners and turn a profit. Each story reveals more about the pirate, his crew, their adventures, and secret missions.
1996 Early in their careers Alex and Diego team up to smuggle refugees and contraband across the Gulf of Thailand in their small boat, the Cat. They are hijacked at sea by a notorious pirate. They vow revenge and recover their lost cargo the hard way; they steal it back, guns blazing. They gain a more powerful boat, the Tiger.
38 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 9, 2019
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About the author
Fred G. Baker
43 books11 followersFred G. Baker is a hydrologist, historian, and writer living in Colorado. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and M.S and Ph.D. degrees from University of Colorado – Boulder, the later in Geology. He worked as an environmental consultant for many years and has traveled widely.
He is the author of An Imperfect Crime, Desert Sanctuary, Zona: The Forbidden Land, The Black Freighter, and the Modern Pirate Series of short and long stories. He is also the author of nonfiction works such as Growing Up Wisconsin, The Life and Times of Con James Baker of Des Moines, Chicago, and Wisconsin, The Light from a Thousand Campfires (with Hannah Pavlik), and other nonfiction works.
He is the author of An Imperfect Crime, Desert Sanctuary, Zona: The Forbidden Land, The Black Freighter, and the Modern Pirate Series of short and long stories. He is also the author of nonfiction works such as Growing Up Wisconsin, The Life and Times of Con James Baker of Des Moines, Chicago, and Wisconsin, The Light from a Thousand Campfires (with Hannah Pavlik), and other nonfiction works.
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July 14, 2019
Fun short with action!
I really enjoyed this quick read with these adventurous and mostly honorable modern day pirates.
Alex and Diego are truly partners in crime, as they do their level best to make some money smuggling goods over international borders. They're engaging characters, extremely believable and likeable. There's even a little bit of romance, too.
I especially appreciated the lack of gratuitous gore and violence - quite an accomplishment! Firefights, hand to hand combat, but not too much, along with understandable motivations, make for some people you'll want to share more exploits with.
Great fun!
I really enjoyed this quick read with these adventurous and mostly honorable modern day pirates.
Alex and Diego are truly partners in crime, as they do their level best to make some money smuggling goods over international borders. They're engaging characters, extremely believable and likeable. There's even a little bit of romance, too.
I especially appreciated the lack of gratuitous gore and violence - quite an accomplishment! Firefights, hand to hand combat, but not too much, along with understandable motivations, make for some people you'll want to share more exploits with.
Great fun!
July 11, 2019
Great read!
Seizing the Tiger: The Modern Pirate Series is the first in a series of books that follows Alex and his modern pirate crew, and is series I already in love with and anxiously awaiting to read the next book in the Series. In this first book Alex and his crew are attached anx stolen from and this first action Scene
In the book helps to build the others. Yes this bookworms with actions dn ends with action and a romance. This was well written and entertaining! I would highly recommend to anyone who has an interest in pirates or high action books
Seizing the Tiger: The Modern Pirate Series is the first in a series of books that follows Alex and his modern pirate crew, and is series I already in love with and anxiously awaiting to read the next book in the Series. In this first book Alex and his crew are attached anx stolen from and this first action Scene
In the book helps to build the others. Yes this bookworms with actions dn ends with action and a romance. This was well written and entertaining! I would highly recommend to anyone who has an interest in pirates or high action books
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