The Blackbirder: Book Two of the Brethren of the Coast

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Harper Collins, Oct 13, 2009 - Fiction - 352 pages

In a blind rage, King James, ex-slave and now Marlowe's comrade in arms, slaughters the crew of a slave ship and makes himself the most wanted man in Virginia. The governor gives Marlowe a choice: Hunt James down and bring him back to hang or lose everything Marlowe has built for himself and his wife, Elizabeth.

Marlowe sets out in pursuit of the ex-slave turned pirate, struggling to maintain control over his crew -- rough privateers who care only for plunder -- and following James's trail of destruction. But Marlowe is not James's only threat, as factions aboard James's own ship vie for control and betrayal stalks him to the shores of Africa.

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
11
Section 3
21
Section 4
33
Section 5
45
Section 6
55
Section 7
61
Section 8
73
Section 19
185
Section 20
193
Section 21
201
Section 22
209
Section 23
217
Section 24
227
Section 25
233
Section 26
247

Section 9
83
Section 10
91
Section 11
101
Section 12
113
Section 13
127
Section 14
135
Section 15
145
Section 16
155
Section 17
167
Section 18
179
Section 27
255
Section 28
263
Section 29
273
Section 30
281
Section 31
291
Section 32
303
Section 33
313
Section 34
323
Section 35
333
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About the author (2009)

James L. Nelson has served as a seaman, rigger, boatswain, and officer on a number of sailing vessels. He is the author of By Force of Arms, The Maddest Idea, The Continental Risque, Lords of the Ocean, and All the Brave Fellows -- the five books of his Revolution at Sea Saga. -- as well as The Guardship: Book One of the Brethren of the Coast. He lives with his wife and children in Harpswell, Maine.

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