Privateer
Privateer by Steve Dahill, published by Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp on November 12, 2024, is a historical fiction novel that explores the lives of the Hammond, Briggs, and Gant families during the War of 1812. This edition spans 412 pages and is presented in English. The narrative delves into the world of privateering, where opportunists navigate the treacherous waters of the ocean, seeking fortune amid the chaos of war.
Readers will encounter a diverse cast of characters, including adventurers, smugglers, and those drawn to the high-stakes life of privateering. The story highlights the moral complexities faced by individuals like Mary Celeste Hammond and her companions, who engage in violence and seduction to achieve their goals. As these characters confront the harsh realities of survival and ambition, the novel examines the interplay of power and conflict among various societal elements, from respectable families to rough-hewn men.
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Privateer follows the Hammond, Briggs, and Gant families, privateering opportunists whose hunting grounds were the world’s oceans. In the thick of the War of 1812, privateersmen thieve and prospect to make boundless fortunes, or die trying. The high risk of armed combat on the open sea in Privateer attracts adventurers, riffraff, and the worst of idle sailors in port: smugglers, drunks, slavers, and women like Mary Celeste Hammond and her paramours, Ben Briggs and Quartus Gant, each with the stomach to inflict violence and seduce society, singularly to win immeasurable spoils. Power proves malleable, conflict as common as salt and water when respectable families, heartless financiers, rough-hewn men with calloused hands, and young lads with hungry stomachs all struggle to survive in Privateer. Which of these chancers will survive the violence, make their fortune, yet keep their souls intact?
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