Stories & Poems of the High Seas
Journey through time with epic tales of legendary pirates, mystical treasures, and stirring verses that capture the spirit of adventure on the high seas.
The Last Vote of the Whydah
A stirring ballad about Black Sam Bellamy and his crew's final democratic decision aboard the Whydah before their tragic fate in 1717.
"The nor'easter howled like a banker's greed, / And the Whydah groaned beneath Black Sam's deed— / Four and fifty vessels taken fair, / Their treasure stowed with democratic care..."
The Articles of Captain Roberts
An epic ballad chronicling Black Bart Roberts and his crew's creation of democratic pirate articles that governed their diverse brotherhood of the seas.
"'Twas off the Guinea coast where gold dust gleams / That Black Bart Roberts called his motley crew— / Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch it seems, / With former slaves who'd found their freedom true..."
The Devil's Arithmetic
A modern thriller about archaeologist Dr. Sarah Chen's discovery of a deadly secret hidden in a child pirate's mathematical cipher aboard the Whydah.
"Dr. Sarah Chen had spent three years studying the Whydah artifacts when she found it—a small brass cylinder wedged between the ribs of Samuel Bellamy's flagship, overlooked by every archaeologist since Barry Clifford's first excavation..."