After a night of misadventure, a roguish street lad from Mexico Island wakes up aboard a legendary ship crewed by skeletons. In search of the father he's never met - a great mound of treasure would be nice, too - India sails the fantastical Caribbean on the Ship of the Dead, exploring the colonial outpost of Kingston, revelling in the pirate island of Tortugal, and meeting colourful characters, friend and foe alike. But his adventures take a turn when he makes an enemy of the son of the Kingston governor, Lancer Main: the vengeful villain would much rather see India and his new friends swinging from the gallows...INDIA MUERTE AND THE SHIP OF THE DEAD is the first book in a pirate fantasy adventure series, featuring the thrilling exploits of India Muerte in an exotic yet dangerous world."Wondrous, intense, and enchanting... This book is an adventurer's playground, filled with exotic locations that are almost-not-quite like the places we know and love, but better, infused with an undercurrent of magic that you can feel even when you can't see it... Magical swashbuckling adventure for anyone who dreams of becoming a pirate." ★★★★★ Eden Hudson, author of Darkening Skies"A mosaic of pieces from pirate tales, pirate movies, wooden-ship parlance, gas-lamp period pieces... [But] at heart this is a story about making your own story... Quality writing, excellent world-building and characters worth following to the next port." ★★★★★ Raymond St. Elmo, author of The Blood Tartan"This series really surprised me. At first I thought it was strictly for the very YA but as the series unfolds there is a deep sense of danger, foreboding and grittiness that canvasses the story lines. India and his cohorts are great characters with well established depths that rise to every occasion." ★★★★ Goodreads review"This lively jaunt will make you want dance barefoot on a sandy beach waving a sword around your head." ★★★★ Goodreads review"A fun, feel-good adventure story, something like a cross between Pirates of the Caribbean and Indiana Jones... It's filled with likeable rogues, misfits and an entire ship crewed by skeletons." ★★★★ Amazon review Pirate fantasy series.
