pirates – Reading While Fat

Rears & Vices

Rears & Vices (publication day March 17, 2026), by E.M. Caro intrigued me immediately–a pirate story beginning on Lake Ontario in Canada? Set in 1816, Everard Anderson de Anglada is the captain of a British 10-gun schooner stationed in the Great Lakes Service, just after the War of 1812 has ended. His friend and formerContinue reading “Rears & Vices”

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea (pub. May 30, 2023) by Rita Chang-Eppig is a thoughtful historical novel about life and piracy as experienced by one woman–Shek Yeung–based on the real-life pirate queen who commanded a confederation of pirates in the South China Sea in the early 1800s. As the novel opens, ShekContinue reading “Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea”