Devilspawn: A Tattered Sails Novella

by David Sakmyster

Duncan Miles set out to be the greatest merchant trader on the high seas, but destiny had other plans. After a fateful decision to save his life and his ship at the cost of his soul, Duncan pledges himself to the most fearsome pirate on the seas, embarking on a seven-year spree that only ends when he can stomach the captain’s cruelty no longer. The ship, renamed the Devilspawn, sinks after Duncan’s eventual mutiny, but death, he realizes, is not the release he expected. Trapped as a spirit between worlds, he is caught in an underwater graveyard where souls wait in terror for the Lord of Bargains, a powerful voodoo Loa who seeks the one treasure that can make him unstoppable. Duncan must harness his new-found abilities in this new realm before finding a way to stop the Loa—and potentially save his own soul in the process.

148 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 17, 2017

About the author

David Sakmyster is the award-winning author of more than a dozen novels, including Jurassic Dead and The Morpheus Initiative, a series featuring psychic archaeologists (described as “Indiana Jones meets the X-Files”). He also has an epic historical adventure, Silver and Gold, the horror novel Crescent Lake and a story collection, Escape Plans. His latest is Final Solstice, and his screenplay, Nightwatchers, has been optioned for production. Visit him at www.sakmyster.com.

Reviews

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok

Not exactly what I was expecting. It was kind of boring. But, it held my interest long enough to finish it. It was more of a fight between good and evil than a real pirate story.