#lem finney

As of today, it has been exactly 304 years since the day the piracy trials of Ann(e) Bonny and Mary Read were held in Spanish-Town, Jamaica on November 28th, 1720. In honor of this anniversary, I’m sharing the Prologue of my book, Our Legend Lies With You, which is written from Anne Bonny’s perspective about her imprisonment during this time. It directly addresses Charles Johnson’s A General History of the Pyrates, an anthology consisting of the “lives” of real pirates, for selling a false narrative of her life to the eighteenth-century English public.

The eBook will be published tomorrow! You can pre-order it here. The paperback will be available to purchase Monday, Dec. 2nd.

I’m happy to announce that my book, Our Legend Lies With You, will be published November 29th, 2024.

I want to thank everyone who has been keeping up with my journey, my friends, my mutuals, and my followers. I know that this is a far cry from what I usually post, but this book has been a labor of love for the past two and a half years, so I’m ready for it to be out in the world!

Summary:

“I am not here to condone our actions, only to recount their consequences.” 1720: The Golden Age of Piracy. Despite the crime being punishable by death, tales of the high seas are flooded with romance and adventure, and nobody’s life is as full of intrigue as the ferocious, seductive one of Anne Bonny. While the world is captivated by her legend, the true woman behind it is much more of an enigma . . . Ann Fulford has spent a lifetime running away from herself. Destitute and unwilling to conform to eighteenth-century colonial culture, she joins John Rackum's pirate crew made up of social outcasts determined to create a place for themselves. However, after two months on the Caribbean Sea, their ship is captured by the English navy, and Ann finds herself stuck inside Spanish-Town Gaol, Jamaica. With inevitable executions just around the corner, there is nothing within the prison walls except the musings of Rackum’s washed-up crew and her own inescapable thoughts... Now at the end of her life, Ann memorializes the people that have come and gone throughout her life, culminating in her guarded nature towards the budding relationship with her shipmate, Maura Reed. As Ann faces the story that she leaves behind, she must also come to terms with the death that lurks beyond. Our Legend Lies With You grapples with the conflicting natures of perspective and identity, and if the self can truly exist when the world sees another. In this debut novel, Lem Finney reimagines the story of some of history’s most famous pirates through an introspective and empathetic lens to prove how our connections with others define who we are and the stories we pass on.

The book will be available on Amazon/Kindle. In U.S. dollars, the eBook is priced at $3.99, paperback at $12.99, hardcover at $23.99. I’m working on setting up a discount for preorders. If you really want to read it but these prices are not within your budget, please DM me and I will find a way to get a free copy to you.

On Friday, November 22, one week before the publication, I will post a link to preorder. Starting Monday, November 25th, I will also post something every day relating to my book up until November 29th, the date of its launch.

The Hardcover version of Our Legend Lies With You will be available to purchase on Amazon on Jan. 17th 2025.

You can purchase the eBook ($3.99) and the Paperback ($12.99) here, but check back in next Friday if you'd like the Hardcover for $23.99 USD.

Thanks to everyone who has purchased my book this far! I feel so honored that people want to read my book.

Summary of OLLWY under the cut:

in honor of Our Legend Lies With You coming out in a few days, here’s the first ollwy fanart i was ever given by @louis-xiv-was-gay. i love you so much <3

You can order the eBook for Our Legend Lies With You here. If you pre-ordered it, it should appear in your kindle library right now.

That’s all!

Summary:

“I am not here to condone our actions, only to recount their consequences.”

1720: The Golden Age of Piracy.

Despite the crime being punishable by death, tales of the high seas are flooded with romance and adventure, and nobody’s life is as full of intrigue as the ferocious, seductive one ofAnne Bonny. While the world is captivated by her legend, the true woman behind it is much more of an enigma . . .

Ann Fulford has spent a lifetime running away from herself. Destitute and unwilling to conform to eighteenth-century colonial culture, she joins John Rackum's pirate crew made up of social outcasts determined to create a place for themselves. However, after two months on the Caribbean Sea, their ship is captured by the English navy, and Ann finds herself stuck inside Spanish-Town Gaol, Jamaica. With inevitable executions just around the corner, there is nothing within the prison walls except the musings of Rackum’s washed-up crew and her own inescapable thoughts.

Now at the end of her life, Ann memorializes the people that have come and gone throughout her life, culminating in her guarded nature towards the budding relationship with her shipmate, Maura Reed. As Ann faces the story that she leaves behind, she must also come to terms with the death that lurks beyond.