By James L. Nelson
In 1706, warfare nonetheless rages in Europe, and the tobacco planters of the Virginia colony's tidewater fight opposed to shrinking markets and pirates lurking off the coast. yet American seafarers have discovered a brand new resource of wealth: the Indian Ocean and ships sporting excellent treasure to the good multi-millionaire of India.
Faced with spoil, former pirate Thomas Marlowe is decided to discover the way to the riches of the East. wearing his crop of tobacco in his privateer, Elizabeth Galley, he secretly plans to proceed directly to the Indian Ocean to seek the Mogul's ships. yet Marlowe doesn't recognize that he's crusing right into a triangle of hatred and vengeance -- a rendezvous with sour enemies from his prior. eventually, none will emerge unscathed from the blood and thunder, the treachery and risk, of cruising the Pirate Round.
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Elizabeth, fortunately, was the soul of tact. There was nothing she did not understand about putting a man at ease. She breezed across the cabin in a rustle of silk and taffeta, her long blond hair swept behind. In that rough male world of the ship, she was like a shaft of light breaking through a thick cover of clouds. She took Peleg by the shoulders, looked him up and down, and said, “Peleg Dinwiddie! ” Peleg beamed at the praise. Elizabeth could come across as sincere as an altar boy if she wished, and Peleg never even noticed the segue as she eased his coat off and said, “I do believe the steward has my iron still hot.
N E L S O N “She is that,” Thomas agreed. “And that relieves us of the need to carry powder or shot, which leaves plenty of room below for all our hogsheads and our neighbors’ as well. ” “I could almost believe you are sincere,” said Francis. Marlowe took a step inboard, letting his eye roam over the familiar deck. So many ghosts floating around that space, too. He could see the big Spaniard looming alongside as he prepared to lead the Elizabeth Galleys over the rail. He could see again the men struggling along that deck as they were blasted by the heavy guns of the French Indiaman.
A carpet laid over the polished oak floor, the kind that a younger, diffident Press might have been afraid to step on. Ten o’clock in the evening. Four bells in the night watch. Outside it was black night, but the chandelier overhead held enough candles that the room was brightly lit. More money in this one room than most men I know would see in a lifetime. And he was the guest of honor. “Captain Press,” another of them was saying. Hobkins. This one was Hobkins. Owned a Jamaican sugar plantation, did a big business in slaves and silk from the Orient.