What's that on the horizon? 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸! 🏴☠️
"𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥: 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘢 𝘗𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 1692 - 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵. 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘳 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵."
Ahoy everyone, I'm excited to unveil and present to you all my new upcoming title! As some of you know, I researched and wrote "𝘗𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 & 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵" and "𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵" simultaneously, but plans of sitting down and doing a deep-dive into this particular topic has long-been a plan of mine, and I've finally done it. While those works covered a wide variety of topics, characters and locations, delving into the origins of pirate folklore, "𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥" is my contribution to Charleston history, and traditional pirate history in the form of a book dedicated to the pirate Captain George Raynor.
I will disclose the description from the back of the book:
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𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 17𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 1692, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘭𝘢𝘸-𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘳 - 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺'𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱-𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. "𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥" 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘳, 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺.
𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥?
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𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 is a smaller page count than my previous works at around 130 pages, a familiar size to any familiar with books from History Press or Arcadia Publishing, but is a suitable size to explore this tale thoroughly. Raynor and his endeavors have always been but a footnote in other stories, such as those of Thomas Tew, Henry Every, and early Charleston history - as such I'm happy to finally present an entire in-depth work devoted to him.
Pre-Orders go live next week, on March 5th, and another post will go up as a reminder.
Arabian Gold is 15, plus 5 shipping. All pre-orders will come with a free folded and weathered map of the Red Sea & Arabian Sea (as featured on the cover) on period-correct laid paper!
Please reach out via messenger to this page to place an order. If you would like to reach out now, before pre-orders go live on the 5th, as a place-holder feel free to do so, and I'll bump you in messenger with a black flag come the 5th!