Island Of The Black Ships

Long before the name of Kael Dravos was spoken with dread in the harbors of China and the Indian Ocean, before Layana became a legend of naval strategy, and before the Sea of Dragons was divided between rival kingdoms, there was a place hidden from the rest of the world.A forgotten archipelago.A world of black cliffs, secret lagoons, and deep waters where ships could disappear without a trace.Sailors called it the Isle To the Black Ships.In reality, it was not a single island, but a whole chain of lands spread between the Indian Ocean and the entrance to the Sea of Dragons.Dozens of small islands and six large islands formed this natural refuge, hidden among reefs and dangerous currents that few foreign sailors dared to cross.From the sea, the archipelago looked inhospitable.Volcanic stone walls rose directly from the sea, and the mist that often descended over the bays turned the place into a floating shadow.But behind these natural walls were hidden vast lagoons, large enough to shelter hundreds of ships.Here people from all corners of the world had found refuge. Fugitive pirates from China.Mercenaries from India.Arab navigators.European adventurers.Criminals pursued by the laws of their own countries.Slaves escape.People with no homeland and no future.On Black Ship Island, it didn't matter who you were before.It only mattered if you could survive.By day, rice fields covered the green terraces of the islands.Workers worked under the scorching sun, while supervisors patrolled among the water channels and dikes built by the effort of thousands of people.At night, the fires lit on the hilltops guided the ships returning from the sea, and their flickering light reflected on the black sails of the fleet.At the center of this harsh universe was power.A power built of gold, fear, loyalty and ambition.A power that would give birth to impossible loves, bloody betrayals and wars that would forever change the destiny of the Sea Dragons.This is the story of the men who raised and tore empires apart.The story of Kael Dravos.Of Layana.Of Yael Ben-Ami.Of Freya Eisenwald.And of all who lived under the shadow of the black sails of the most feared archipelago of the eastern seas.

Pages: 95, Paperback, Independently published