Hailed as "groundbreaking" by David Donachie, author of the John Pearce
series and the Privateersman Mysteries: "All sea stories should tell you
something new, and The Bermuda Privateer meets that criterion in spades.
Fast paced and covering an area new to me; I was enthralled by the
author's encyclopedic knowledge of the Caribbean. There are battles and
conspiracies galore, with engaging characters and thrilling actions."
Nicholas Fallon is captain of the schooner Sea Dog, a privateer that is
fast, beautiful, and deadly. Unbound by Royal Navy tradition, Fallon
enjoys total independence in where he goes, how he fights, and whom he
takes as crew. A woman--Beauty McFarland--is his first lieutenant.
It's 1796, and Sea Dog's owner, Ezra Somers, employs Fallon to protect
his Caribbean salt trade from French privateers and pirates. Wicked Jak
Clayton is especially ruthless. When the two meet just off the Bahamas,
even Fallon's cunning can't overcome their mismatch in firepower and
desertion by a cowardly ally. Later, in Bermuda, Fallon is enlisted by
the Royal Navy to intercept a Spanish flotilla carrying gold and silver
to France. But a massive hurricane halts the British attack on the
Spanish transports, driving several ships, including Fallon's, onto the
Florida shore. Held by Spanish soldiers, Fallon and the surviving crew
escape by turning enemies into friends. Once free, only one mission
remains: wicked Jak Clayton must die! The Bermuda Privateer is an
action-filled sea story with layered storylines and a modern
storyteller's voice.
