Red Sky at Morning: A Novel

Edward “Blackbeard” Teach has a good reason for everything he does. Despite what his crewmen might say, he isn't turning soft. When King George I issues a pardon for all pirates who give up their thieving ways within a year, Blackbeard sees his chance to have it all. He just needs to falsely repent within a year and then his comfortable future will be guaranteed.

He wants the easy retirement that his friend Sam Bellamy, recently perished in a sea-wreck, never had. Though he never before saw ...