Seafaring historical adventure, perfect for fans of Julian Stockwin, Patrick O’Brian and Bernard Cornwell, Karen Perkins’ Valkyrie Series is filled with unflinching honesty and an acute understanding of human nature. She explores not only the depths of humanity, but the human motivation behind the actions and pain people inflict upon each other.
She is fascinated by history and why so many people from a multitude of European nations and religions flocked to the Caribbean and Americas in the search for freedom – and enslaved two continents in the process.
More took to the sea in their search for freedom, creating one of the most violent and ruthless, yet democratic societies in history – aboard pirate ships.
She is fascinated by history and why so many people from a multitude of European nations and religions flocked to the Caribbean and Americas in the search for freedom – and enslaved two continents in the process.
More took to the sea in their search for freedom, creating one of the most violent and ruthless, yet democratic societies in history – aboard pirate ships.
The Valkyrie Series - The First Fleet
Historical sailing adventure of piracy, love and revenge in the Caribbean in the seventeenth century by ex-champion sailor and international award-winning author, Karen Perkins.
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Look Sharpe!:
Henry Sharpe is a recently bereaved and bankrupt English earl who travels to the Caribbean to help his uncle run his sugar plantation. When he arrives, he finds his uncle has given up on that idea to lead a more exciting life as a privateer, earning a fearsome reputation as Captain Tarr. Ill Wind: Gabriella Berryngton is an unhappy and oppressed fourteen-year-old girl living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1683. She dreams of escaping her bitter, ambitious stepfather and sailing off into the unknown. Her dreams come true when her stepfather sells her into marriage. Dead Reckoning: Leo is born in Spanish Panama in 1659. When he is twelve years old he witnesses the violent rape and murder of his mother by three of the Caribbean's most feared pirates: Tarr, Blake and Hornigold, and swears revenge at all costs. Then he meets Gabriella van Ecken. Scroll down for a FREE Valkyrie short story offer of Where Away |
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Where Away - Short Story -
Exclusive and Free! Magdalena Ortega is bored. She hates her life in Porto Belo – a town that comes alive every year with the arrival of the Spanish Treasure Fleet, then dies once more until the next visit. The thought of marrying, raising children, and spending the rest of her life here terrifies Magdalena and she is determined to escape. Can she sneak aboard a galleon of the treasure fleet to stowaway? Will a pirate raid prove to be her making or her undoing? |
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