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Under False Flags: A Tale of Piracy
It is 1716 and the Caribbean has erupted into the Golden Age of Piracy.
Disgraced Navy Lieutenant Thomas Rigby has one chance to rescue his ruined career; infiltrate one of the most notorious pirate crews in the Caribbean and steal a diamond of untold value. Sailing aboard the Azrael under the notorious Captain Philip Rake, Thomas befriends Hannah Percy, a young widow who is fleeing the men who murdered her husband and seeking passage to England. Determined to help her, Thomas puts his clandestine mission in danger and, as their mutual enemies close in, he begins to suspect that there is more to Hannah Percy than meets the eye.
Thrown together in a maelstrom of murder and double-crossing, Hannah and Thomas navigate treacherous waters where nobody is what they seem in this swashbuckling adventure on the high seas!
Disgraced Navy Lieutenant Thomas Rigby has one chance to rescue his ruined career; infiltrate one of the most notorious pirate crews in the Caribbean and steal a diamond of untold value. Sailing aboard the Azrael under the notorious Captain Philip Rake, Thomas befriends Hannah Percy, a young widow who is fleeing the men who murdered her husband and seeking passage to England. Determined to help her, Thomas puts his clandestine mission in danger and, as their mutual enemies close in, he begins to suspect that there is more to Hannah Percy than meets the eye.
Thrown together in a maelstrom of murder and double-crossing, Hannah and Thomas navigate treacherous waters where nobody is what they seem in this swashbuckling adventure on the high seas!
275 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 17, 2022
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Chris Thorndycroft
31 books35 followersChris Thorndycroft is a British writer of historical fiction, horror and fantasy. His early short stories appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Dark Moon Digest and American Nightmare. His first novel under his own name was A Brother's Oath. He also writes under the pseudonym P. J. Thorndyke.
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September 30, 2022
Lets take sail!!!!
What a exciting story about pirates an privateers, in the Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Havana an the Caribbean. Thomas an Hanna both English an both holding to secrets, from the pirate captain Rank. This is my first time reading about pirates on the open sea. It was amazing being pulled in to this story.
A Dame fine read one I would pass on to other reads.
What a exciting story about pirates an privateers, in the Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Havana an the Caribbean. Thomas an Hanna both English an both holding to secrets, from the pirate captain Rank. This is my first time reading about pirates on the open sea. It was amazing being pulled in to this story.
A Dame fine read one I would pass on to other reads.
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