The pirates of the Shattered Isles live and die by on simple oath: By blood, by wind, by water and wave, loyal as one, or a watery grave… With that oath, their lord, Captain Bloodwind, would build a nation of pirates. He doesn't want much, after all… just everything. And what he cannot have, he will destroy. The only man to ever stand against him, the legendary seamage Orin Flaxal, paid that price. But his orphaned daughter, Cynthia, has plans of her own, and revenge is top on her list. She is no warrior, and thanks to Bloodwind's murder of her parents, she will never be a seamage. But she has one family trait that nobody can destroy: she can build ships, like her grandfather did. She will build ships that no corsair can match, and use them to starve the pirate nation to death. And with the help of a bedraggled seasprite, a crippled old sailor and a retired ship's cook, who could stand against her? But Bloodwind has spies and assassins in every port, and Cynthia's new ships would make fine additions to his pirate fleet. Meanwhile, Odea, goddess of the sea, has her own plans for Cynthia Flaxal. So when Cynthia's ships finally set sail, both Captain Bloodwind and Odea are ready.
Born in a land-locked small town in southern Oregon, Chris A. Jackson fell in love with the sea the first time he set eyes on those majestic rolling waves. After college, graduate school and a lengthy career in biomedicine, he and his wife decided to change their lives forever; the sea was calling their names, and the call could not be ignored.
The couple have lived on a sailboat for years, and are now cruising full time. They are sailing the east coast and Bahamas, and can be followed along at www.sailmrmac.blogspot.com
Chris has three independently published novels of fantasy, "A Soul for Tsing", "Deathmask" (Second place novel of the year 2005, Florida Writers Association), and "Weapon of Flesh" (Booknews Bestbooks 2005 award in Fantasy and Science Fiction). Scimitar Moon, published by Dragon Moon Press, is a high fantasy novel of piracy on the tropical high seas, and was released in September, 2009. He is also branching out into satirical ramblings in science fiction that have received high acclaim. His Science Fiction comedy entitled "Cheese Runners", the sequel "Cheese Rustlers" and the finale "Cheese Lords" are out in audio-book format, narrated by the hilarious Jeffrey Breslauer.
He can be reached by e-mail at chris@jaxbooks.com. You can also visit his writing blog at www.jaxbooks.com/jaxblog or you can visit his website at www.jaxbooks.com, and download free chapters of his work.
