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1722--aboard a pirate ship off the American Colonial Coast. Spider John Rush never wanted to be a pirate, but it had happened and he'd learned to survive in the world of cut and thrust, fight or die. He and his friend Ezra knew that death could come at any moment, from grapeshot or storm winds or the end of a noose. But when Ezra is murdered in cold blood by a shipmate, Spider vows revenge.On a ship where every man is a killer many times over, how can Spider find the man who killed his friend? There is no law here, so if justice is to be done, he must do it. He will have to solve the crime and exact revenge himself.One wrong step will lead to certain death, but Spider is determined to look into the dying eyes of the man who killed his friend, even if it means his own death.
About the Author
I love swords, pirates and murder mysteries, and have combined all that in my tales of Spider John, a good man caught up in a life of piracy and solving murders as he tries to get himself free.I also write novels about a rural Ohio sheriff's detective named Ed Runyon. Look for the debut of that series, CITY PROBLEMS, in July 2021.My blog, Swords Against Boredom, is at stevegoble.com.P.S. Godzilla is my spirit animal.
