The Barbary Coast- Having sailed to the East African coast with French captains Ancel Thibodeaux ("Le Tigre") of the Mourning Star, and One-Eyed Jacques Chagall of the Danseuse, Jezebel Johnston sets about her new career as a spy. Dropped off at a trading port in Bombay, it is her task to learn which merchant ships are soon to sail for open waters. She will then pass this invaluable information to the pirate captains.But there are unexpected surprises in store with the reappearance of buccaneer Denis Blanchett. Though a capable seaman, Blanchett has a cruel streak and is obsessed with making Jezebel his private property. Meanwhile Chagall doesn't trust Jezebel and she begins to worry that his personal greed will scuttle their intricate schemes before they can bear fruit.Writer Nancy Hansen's pirate saga of Jezebel Johnston is unlike anything on the market today and offers up thrills and spills on every page. This is the pirate life with all its dangers and romance as authentically depicted by a master storyteller.
