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THEY LEAVE AS BROTHERS. THEY RETURN AS MEN.
The East India Trading Company is under attack from pirates. Under orders from the King himself, famed sailor Hal Courtney makes the dangerous journey to Madagascar with his young sons, charged with stopping the pirates responsible or to die trying.
In this epic swashbuckling adventure of love and treasure, the brothers will face duels, chases, betrayals and battles - and see their fates cast in ways they could never have imagined . . .
A Courtney Series adventure - Book Two in the Birds of Prey sequence.