A sailing ship battling a stormy sea

The Pirate Lord Rises

Youth was my enemy. An ongoing dark fantasy saga of steel, salt and survival.

Youth Was My Enemy

Aboard the Grey Widow, his father's ship, Cole learns that the sea forgives nothing, least of all inexperience. Every lesson is paid in blood. Every scar is earned with steel. The Grey Widow opens an ongoing dark fantasy saga of steel, salt and survival: the story of how a young sailor becomes a Pirate Lord.

Chameleon Adapts logo: a green circuit-patterned chameleon
Chameleon Adapts logo: a green circuit-patterned chameleon
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black typewriter

The Saga

The Pirate Lord Rises, an ongoing series.

Book One: The Grey Widow

Aboard his father's ship, Cole learns that the sea forgives nothing. Coming soon.

Old shipwreck on a shore under stormy skies
Old shipwreck on a shore under stormy skies
body of water during sunset
body of water during sunset
Book Two: The Open Hand

The saga continues, and the price of command rises. In progress.

The Pirate Lord Rises is an ongoing series. Further voyages are already charted.

More Voyages to Come

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