Goat with the Glass Eye

by Allen Balogh, Joanne Wetzl

Overview

Pirates, slaves and voodoo follow Mobutu, an African chieftain, into the darkness of the 17th century Triangular Trade slave route. Lucrative agreements are made with Edward Colston, a member of British Parliament and a slave trader. Packed away in the hold of Colston's ship, slaves are to be traded in the Caribbean islands. Then catastrophe hits Port Royal, Jamaica in 1692. Pandemonium, witchcraft, and death await those trapped in the 'wickedest city on earth.

At the center of the story is Mobutu, an African chieftain who exchanges his tribesmen for personal wealth and power---and trades his soul to reign on the high seas as Black Caesar. Mobutu's son Mobu, the African lovers of Wyla and Jabari, and Gina Nanny, wise healer and leader of outcast slaves in the Blue Mountains, along with other assorted slaves, pirates, witches and rogues leap to life in this novel.

Goat with the Glass Eye is a novel in the Black Sails 1715 Black and Gold series. Recreating authentic historic events, the authors combine fact, myth, legend, and mysticism that span both Africa and the early Americas. Slavery, piracy, and love affairs weave together with hoodoo and black magic to spin a tale rooted in truth but sparkling with the fantastical.

Meanwhile, the mystical "goat with the glass eye" keenly watches every move. Is he diabolical, or an agent of justice?

"An action-packed, engaging, and informative tale...The authors' prose is consistently vibrant, as when it captures the intensity of Sam and Maria's first meeting...The authors provide...the poignant tale of a love affair."
- KIRKUS REVIEWS

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538088937
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	08/01/2018
Series:	Black Sails 1715 , #2
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Allen Balogh is a retired educator who taught US and
World History for more than twenty years. In 1985, he began
exploring the shipwreck locations of the southernmost ship of
the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet off the coast of Stuart/Hutchinson
Island, Florida. He is a lecturer and historian on the Golden
Age of Piracy.
For pleasure, Allen enjoys walking the beaches of the
1715 Fleet locations and lobstering with his buddies in the
Florida Keys.
He is a member of the National Historic Preservation
Society, the Florida Historic Society, the Abacoa Writers
Group, the Palm Beach Writers Group, and the 1715 Fleet
Society.
Black Sails 1715 was the first of his Black and Gold series.
He is currently writing the third in the series, The Chronicles
of the 1715 Fleet, and a fourth novel, Kings & Queens of
1715, waits in the wings.
Allen resides in Palm Beach County.

Joanne Wetzl is a retired high school and college educator
who taught advanced courses in world history, art history,
humanities, and cultural anthropology, among other subjects,
during her thirty-five-year career. She has served on the board
of directors for various organizations, including the Florida
Council for Social Studies, the Arts Council of Martin County,
and the Indian River Pops Orchestra.
Joanne enjoys reading, windsurfing, sailing, traveling the
world, and most recently, studying the violin. She is currently
writing a collection of ghost stories.
Joanne resides with her family in Martin County, Florida.