Fans of Pirates of the Narrow Seas can rejoice, a new book in the series will be coming out soon. Man in the Crescent Moon is dedicated to the youth of Captain Tangle.
Before he was a captain, before he was the most notorious corsair of his age, he was a kid growing up and leaving home. A gangly nineteen year-old, yearning to make a name for himself, he signs up with Rajet Rais of the Grey Wolf.
The Grey Wolf escaped a Spanish frigate by running into Tanguel, and the local corsairs came to his aid. They succeeded in capturing the frigate, then went on to capture, wreck, or sink, several other Spanish ships. The newest member of his crew, Isam bin Hamet al-Tangueli, has been a key part of that triumph. So much so that both he and Rajet are targeted by the vengeful Spanish.
Isam's dream of glory is interrupted by his family. His cousin Rabiyah runs off with an unsuitable man, and Isam and his cousins Samir and Umar must pursue them and retrieve the runaway bride. Unfortunately, the man they're up against is a tribesman who knows the mountains, and they're sailors who don't. Maureo gets the jump on them.
Maureo's slave Gregorio is a beautiful Spanish eunuch and Isam falls in love with him (or at least in lust). Gregorio both helps and hinders Isam in his adventures. Ultimately, Isam must make a wise decision about their relationship, but his choice leaves him wounded and stranded on the Sallee frontier with a Spanish ambush waiting for him.
"Some lessons leave scars."
Man in the Crescent Moon tells the story of how the redoubtable Captain Tangle became the man that he is. The adventure has all the hallmarks expected from Pirates of the Narrow Seas: diverse and engaging characters, storms at sea, desperate ship fights, hand-to-hand combat, captures, rescues, and escapes, all told with authentic detail.
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