The Lady Keeps the Sea

It’s not every pirate who comes of age serving Captain Harry Morgan, but John James lives an exciting life. Once a bricklayer, he turns to a life of piracy and encounters possibly cursed gemstones, boards enemy ships, searches for lost treasure, and tells himself he’ll leave the life after the next big score.

Told by the inimitable Kage Baker, John’s life is illustrated in three stories. He begins his life on the sea with a dying man’s directions to an emerald mine, sees the sack of Panama ...