The sounds of a creaking ship. The crashing of waves just outside the hull. The smell of saltwater. These senses were familiar, even commonplace of anyone in a family of merchants, but they were accompanied by some things less familiar. The dank smell of mouldy wood. Fish, rotting in barrels nearby. The feeling of waking up on a hard floor instead of a soft, down mattress. The sea felt like home, this ship didn't.Follow Edgar, a young boy taken away from the life he knew, and captured by a crew of pirates. Will he escape his captors, or be forged in the fires of battle? The only way to find out is turn the pages for yourself, and be taken into a world of magic, mischief, thievery, and murder.
The sounds of a creaking ship. The crashing of waves just outside the hull. The smell of saltwater. These senses were familiar, even commonplace of anyone in a family of merchants, but they were accompanied by some things less familiar. The dank smell of mouldy wood. Fish, rotting in barrels nearby. The feeling of waking up on a hard floor instead of a soft, down mattress. The sea felt like home, this ship didn't.Follow Edgar, a young boy taken away from the life he knew, and captured by a crew of pirates. Will he escape his captors, or be forged in the fires of battle? The only way to find out is turn the pages for yourself, and be taken into a world of magic, mischief, thievery, and murder.
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