⚓ The sea doesn't forget, and it doesn't forgive. That is for man and man alone.⚓
Bartholomew Roberts' is hot on the trail of his rival who betrayed him, Walter Kennedy. Walter allied himself with new pirates itching for blood on the high seas, and they won't go down without a fight. But Roberts and crew have allies too, and the rookie pirate Blackbeard joins them in the hunt for their former crewmate.
The crew of the Fortune had been chasing after Walter for so long that Roberts' didn't even think about what they would do once they caught him. Their shared history, and his convictions, threaten to tear Roberts, and his allies, apart.
Will Roberts and Blackbeard make it in time, or will their marks escape once more by the skin of their teeth? If they do catch Kennedy, what will Roberts do to him, and will he be able to live with the decision?
See where Robert's trials take him in his short stories of action, adventure, pirates, and privateers set during the Golden Age of Piracy.
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Roberts glanced at Hank only briefly, but it was all he needed to see the urgency in his eyes. Roberts looked at the shrinking stern of the Gallant as splashes of water from cannonballs shot up in the air between the two ships.
His hand tightened into a ball. "Hard to port! Load starboard cannons for raking fire!" he shouted.
Before anyone could move to carry out Roberts' orders, a man on the weather deck shouted "Ship closing in from the south!" and pointed off the port side of the ship.
Roberts looked over at the crewmate who shouted, and followed his finger to see the ship that was approaching. They had been too preoccupied with the battle to notice the ship coming in, and it was already closing in on the two sloops.
As Roberts took note of the ship in question, he couldn't help but smile. "Belay that order!" he shouted to the helmsman. "Keep us steady and give us all the speed you can."
Hank was beside Roberts, and he too was looking at the approaching ship, but from the look on his face he didn't understand Roberts' reaction. "What do you see, Captain?"
"That's the Queen Anne's Revenge, I have no doubt of it."
Hank glanced at Roberts, then back at the ship coming their way. He nodded. "You may be correct. It has three masts, and by its size I reckon it is a frigate. What do you propose we do?"
Roberts thought it over a moment. "Hmm... We steady our course, head west so they can't tack north, and hope the Queen Anne's Revenge cuts them off from the south." Roberts glanced around at the sails and the way they flapped in the wind. "With the wind as it is, our companions have the advantage and should send the Gallant running."
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