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Pirates Of The Storm

  Stranded In Time Book 1

  By Fletcher Best

  Copyright 2012 George Fletcher Best. All rights reserved. While it is sometimes said that plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery, I happen to take the more conventional legal stance on it and take enforcement of my copyright seriously. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

  This book is a work of fiction. While this book does contain references to actual historical figures, all details regarding such individuals have been fictionalized. Any similarities to actual persons or time travel events are purely coincidental.

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  Table of Contents

  Preface

  Chapter 1: One More Swim

  Chapter 2: Lost

  Chapter 3: Stranded In Time

  Chapter 4: What’s Old Is New

  Chapter 5: A New Day

  Chapter 6: Port Royal

  Chapter 7: Success Or Death

  Chapter 8: Setting Sail

  Chapter 9: Bad For Business

  Chapter 10: No Honor Among Thieves

  Chapter 11: Utila

  Chapter 12: A Pirate’s Life

  Chapter 13: Port Royal, Jamaica

  Chapter 14: Into The Storm

  Bonus: Chapter 1 of The Corpornation

  Review And Connect

  Preface

  I had just written myself into a corner on another book I was working on when I took a vacation to the island of Roatan, located off the coast of Honduras. Roatan is rich in pirate lore and visitors will see a number of references to the island’s buccaneer past – including the name of the largest town on the island, Coxen Hole, named after Captain John Coxen. Captain Coxen is not as well-known as some other pirates of the day, but in his time he was infamous for his daring raids and was one of the most feared pirates on the Spanish Main, particularly in the Western Caribbean.

  As I was relaxing in a hammock looking out on the water one day, the ever-present but subtle pirate theme of Roatan led me to daydreaming about pirates and what life must have been like in those days. The winds and seas were picking up, as Hurricane Ernesto was approaching the island, and there were a few scattered thunderstorms offshore. As I watched the storms, I started to think about what might happen if I were to be somehow transported back in time to the days of Captain Coxen, and from those thoughts the idea for this book was born.

  Initially, I set out to make the book as historically accurate as possible, but soon realized a couple of things. First, the recorded history regarding Captain Coxen and the pirates of the 17th century is vague and often contradictory. Second, getting caught up in historical details in a book that is ultimately science-fiction is probably unnecessary. So, I wound up taking some liberties with the history at hand and focused primarily on providing my audience with an entertaining read that has something for just about everyone: a little history, “pirate talk” (and who doesn’t love that?), sexy pirate wenches, humor, bloody violence, drunken debauchery, a healthy serving of sex, and even some philosophy and subtle social commentary.

  Did I mention the sex and violence? For the most part, any semi-realistic story about pirates is going to contain at least a little “adult” content. While I do not think I have been overly explicit with the sexual and violent content, this book does contain adult themes. So is this a book for young children? No. If this book were a movie, it would probably receive a rating of PG-13 or perhaps an aaahhRRR! (a little pirate humor there), so parents should take this into consideration before permitting their children to read it, and certainly before reading it to them as a bedtime story!

  Anyway, this is the first of the Stranded in Time series. I hope that you enjoy it and the subsequent books in the series.