Jamie Sharpe & the Seas of Treachery

By Gary R. Bush,

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In 1803, cocky Jamie Sharpe graduates top in his class from Bullard’s Academy, aiming to become a ship’s captain like his long-at-sea father. Unfortunately, wealthy slave trader Captain Cutts produces a note he holds on the Sharpe family fortune. He demands immediate payment or, in lieu, Jamie’s mother’s virtue and…

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A thoroughly entertaining story. It's hard to put down. As someone who grew up devouring CS Forster's Horatio Hornblower series, I went in wanting to enjoy this nautical tale set in 1803 and was NOT disappointed.

Bush knows his foc's'le from his fife rail, his sheets from his shrouds, and it shows. His attention to detail is outstanding, but he doesn't pile it on with details not germane to the story or how a sailing ship is handled.

The characters are solid and believable. Jamie Sharpe is instantly likable as a talented young sailor whose sense of right, wrong, and…

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