Chapter Four of Practical Defence Against Piracy Will Be Here Soon

The newest chapter of PRACTICAL DEFENCE AGAINST PIRACY will be here soon, complete and ready to sweep you away to the Mediterranean of the 19th century.

All Alexandra Nichols wanted was to get home to England in time for her birthday, where she would blossom into the bold adventurer of her imagination. Instead, to hide from the threat of pirates on the open seas, her parents have detoured to a small Ionian island. As Chapter Three came to a close, Alexandra was enduring a birthday celebration held by the town’s vacuous ruler, the Provveditore Vignelli. As she was discovering the precise depth and breadth of his despicable character, a mysterious ship appeared in the harbour, shrouded in an unnatural mist, flying a pirate flag. What are their intentions? We are about to find out.

PRACTICAL DEFENCE AGAINST PIRACY is an epic graphic novel adventure about one defiant young girl’s journey of self-discovery as her eyes are opened to the bewildering, often-contradictory ways in which adults navigate the world. It is shared online as it is completed, chapter-by-chapter. The first three chapters are available in their entirety, and the fourth will join them soon.

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