{"product_id":"legend-of-the-pirate-queen-piracy-mayhem-and-majesty-on-the-seven-seas-9781957906003","title":"Legend of the Pirate Queen: Piracy, Mayhem, and Majesty on the Seven Seas","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Melissa Saari\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Van Rye Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Van Rye Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased in part on the real-life adventures of Sayyida al Hurra, \u003ci\u003eLegend of the Pirate Queen\u003c\/i\u003e is a historical fiction book involving piracy, mayhem, murder, sex, and women's empowerment. Keela has a good life in Ireland, painting pictures and fishing. But in 1594, her village is raided by brutal slave traders. Keela's daughter, Caitlin, is ripped from her and taken to the Canary Islands, where the traders' evil leader, John Deas, takes her as his own daughter. And Keela is shipped to Haiti, where she begins her new life as a slave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVowing to find her daughter no matter the cost, Keela eventually leads an uprising of slaves, who overtake the slave traders and commandeer a ship, becoming pirates. With Keela assuming a natural leadership role, her legend grows over the subsequent decades as she relentlessly pursues reunification with Caitlin and takes out scores of slave traders in the process. The more slaves Keela frees, the more power and influence she gains. But pirating is a treacherous game. Will Keela survive long enough to be reunited with her daughter and end the slave trade for good? Read and find out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWARNING: \u003ci\u003eLegend of the Pirate Queen\u003c\/i\u003e is a fictionalized account of life as a slave and pirate in the 1500s and 1600s. As such, this book necessarily contains language and scenarios related to murder, torture, and abuse (emotional, physical, and sexual) that might be triggering for some audiences. Reader discretion is advised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMELISSA SAARI grew up in Butte, Montana, which is Evel Knievel's hometown, and Montana is the setting of her romance novel \u003ci\u003eMystic Lake\u003c\/i\u003e. She graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a Master of Arts and Literature, with a concentration in screenwriting. Melissa loves animals and has taken care of many cats and dogs, including her two current dogs, Marla and Leo. She loves dogs because of their loyalty and protectiveness, which are traits of the characters in Melissa's young adult novels \u003ci\u003eCurse of the Lion People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCurse of the Black Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e and her horror novels \u003ci\u003eThe Red Satin Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlue Satin Diary\u003c\/i\u003e. Melissa currently lives in Central Washington, where the wild and mighty currents of the Columbia River flow past her door with an air of power and mysticism that further informs her writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Van Rye Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45540752490647,"sku":"9781957906003","price":1348.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781957906003.webp?v=1767904677","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/legend-of-the-pirate-queen-piracy-mayhem-and-majesty-on-the-seven-seas-9781957906003","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}