Jamie Sharpe & the Seas of Treachery
Jamie Sharpe & the Seas of Treachery
Gary R. Bush
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softcover 978-1-988915-17-3
ebook 978-1-988915-18-0
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young adult fiction · 297 PP · 5½×8½"
$19.95 USD · $23.95 CAD
In 1803, cocky Jamie Sharpe graduates top in his class from Bullard’s Academy, aiming to become a ship’s captain like his long-at-sea father. Unfortunately, wealthy slave trader Captain Cutts produces a note he holds on the Sharpe family fortune. He demands immediate payment or, in lieu, Jamie’s mother’s virtue and her daughter’s hand in marriage to his son, Simon. Only a small fortune can save the family.
Racing to secure the money, Jamie is ambushed. He awakes aboard a slaver bound for Africa, at the mercy of his old enemies, Simon Cutts and Billy Scars.
Jamie will need to grow up quickly to survive the seas of treachery.
Review quotes:
“A simply riveting read. A deftly crafted adventure story from beginning to end, Jamie Sharpe & the Seas of Treachery clearly documents author Gary R. Bush as an extraordinary novelist of the first order.”
— Midwest Book Review
“A novel that would do Robert Louis Stevenson proud. A rousing yarn… Although the action is set in a specific historical period, this is, believe me, a story for all time.”
— William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of the Cork O’Connor mysteries
“…a seafaring adventure with a big heart. Extensive historical research has created a pitch-perfect setting peopled with compelling, bigger-than-life characters. A fun read!”
— Jess Lourey, author of the Toadhouse Trilogy, Salem’s Cipher, and the Mira James Mysteries
“…a gripping tale of murder, deceit, kidnapping, and the hard and often cruel life of sailors before the mast. Bush’s painstaking research draws us into a setting and time long gone and holds us there spellbound.”
— Jenifer LeClair, author of the Windjammer mysteries
“Every young person’s dream: sailing into adventure. Bravery, friendship, danger, and treachery. A great read.”
— Michael Stanley, author of the Detective Kubu police procedurals