The Flying Dutchman

The harbor stinks of rot, rum, blood, and old lies. No man signs on here out of courage. He signs on because there is nothing left waiting for him on land. Debt, betrayal, lost love, shattered dreams-every man carries his own curse. But when a nameless captain appears in the harbor looking for men willing to sail into the unknown, none of them understands that they are not simply boarding a ship. They are stepping into a nightmare. The ship has no name. Its sails are black, its planks creak like hungry teeth, and deep in its belly something seems to be waiting-something that wants more than gold, rum, and obedience. It soon becomes clear that this voyage follows no map. The wind carries voices. The sea takes whatever it wants. And the captain may already be more shadow than man. Between drunkenness, violence, superstition, and the madness of the sea, a cursed crew fights against storms, hunger, fear, and itself. But the farther the ship sails, the clearer it becomes: not every man aboard is still alive enough to die. A raw, dark pirate novel about damnation, greed, lost souls, and a ship that should never have left harbor.

Pages: 427, Paperback, Independently published