The Barbary Inheritance

Zak was a child alone in a strange city – and starving. Weakened by weeks without food he hadn't the strength to flee when he stole a loaf of bread.
The incident was witnessed by Madam Ziya who bribed the official not to carry out the usual sentence of cutting off the offending hand. Madam Ziya then adopted Zak and educated him in the ways of life.
When old enough, Zak was taken to sea by notorious pirate Captain Del Greco – the lover of Madam Ziya – and soon became a father figure to Zak.
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