Historical Fiction
Dead Reckoning
2012·370 pages
Seventeenth-century Caribbean tale of piracy, revenge, and romance as a young man and an escaped woman unite against shared pirate enemies aboard a slaver ship.
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Seventeenth-century Caribbean tale of piracy, revenge, and romance as a young man and an escaped woman unite against shared pirate enemies aboard a slaver ship.
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Dead Reckoning is an historical adventure of piracy, love and revenge in the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century.Leo is born in Spanish Panama in 1659. When he is twelve years old he witnesses the violent rape and murder of his mother by three of the Caribbean's most feared pirates: Tarr, Blake and Hornigold, and swears revenge at all costs.Gabriella is trapped in an abusive marriage to a ruthless Dutch slave trader, who is in business with the same English cut-throats. She risks all to escape ...
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Sexual content
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Central romance with intimacy; graphic rape depicted on-page
Violence & gore
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Sea battles, murders, and brutal pirate violence throughout
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Slavery and colonial Caribbean trade as recurring backdrop
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Child witnesses mother's rape and murder; domestic abuse; slavery
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