Novel by Damian Forest Light
"The Pirate Dunn: A Memory"
Each chapter is a different phase of the pirate's life, the story progressing slowly; Thinking he is insane, Timothy Dunn tries to differentiate between the world in his life and the one in his dreams. His behavior sends him into an institution, but somehow his rent remains paid. Trying to piece together his life, Timothy Dunn decides to get a job and live a normal life, until he realizes that the dream world of him serving as a first mate to a pirate captain cousin of his on the ocean, is actually real. The Pirate storms and travails the high seas with his cousin, Captain Kenneth Dunn. The first mate and he, travel through time working for the League of Science, occasionally being brought in to the prison of the time, or the asylum. They are time travelers wandering and sailing; Through mayhem of monsters, ghosts, vampires and pirates, sea monsters and dragons, the crew and their compatriots, a full crew of female pirates on a sister ship, attempt to find the Fountain of Youth, in this tale of heroic adventure.
A time-traveling pirate and his cousin, Captain Dunn work for a league of scientists; a part of a time-traveling union and league of aristocrats. They form a time-traveling organization, the 'League of Science' direct the transactions of the pirate as he travels through the seas; until he becomes indebted to them by attempting to interfere with the fall of Atlantis, an ancient civilization. To save The Pirate's girlfriend, a nurse whom he met while a patient at St. Peter's Mental Asylum, the time travelers expend no gory detail, fighting zombies, vampires, and dragons of great fury. They battle sea monsters and of course, other pirates, to find the Fountain of Youth. Captain Dunn's personal quest is to find the real fountain, but his sidetrack into the past to avoid a sea monster chasing he and his ship leads his crew and vessel through a tour of the Ancient Island of Atlantis. During the time travel, the wrong end of the time warp has brought them to the exact time the island is set to sink; after exploding and evenly destroying itself. With the aid of others in distress, they attempt to escape unscathed from the collapse of an ancient island, before embarking on a journey towards the actual living Fountain of Youth. What they encounter is too much even for this band of pirates, who are accompanied by a sister ship with a female crew; but become indebted to the science league for their role in history. In order for history to be documented, the crew is separated and love, jealousy, and adventure drive everyone off of their own planks of destiny, so to speak. Will it end with a happy ending, who knows the destiny of a time-traveling pirate who lives in a mental institution half of his life and out on the high seas, the other half? A provocative tale of Ghosts, Zombies, UFO's, Vampires, the Undead, Plagues, Disasters, Real and Contrived History, Dragons, Sea Monsters, The Fall of Atlantis, appearances by Black Beard, Red Beard, and Blue Beard. Also, Robin of the Woods Near Loxley, Arthur and His Knights, the Merry Men, Merlin, Hercules and The Legendary Fountain of Youth feature in this dramedy satire of the ages. It is surely a provocation towards monsters, pirates, science fiction and suspense, as well as a light touch of horror, satirically meant to amuse the reader and bring it to a world of thrills and piracy at its finest.
