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‘Welcome to the Black Hound - a ship full o’ the cleverest pirate investigators ya ever set eyes upon.’ The captain pauses. ‘You OK, lad? Ya gone paler than a full moon.’
When Flynn applies for the job of cabin boy on the Black Hound, he doesn’t expect it to be a pirate ship! But soon he’s setting sail for the Seven Seas, on a perilous quest to recover ancient treasure bound by a magical curse.
The first in a trilogy of three pirate investigator adventures!
This is Book 1 in the Flyntlock Bones Series. See all Flyntlock Bones books here.
My heart flutters as I stride up the gangplank of the tall sailing ship that lurches and creaks in the harbour.
Derek Keilty began writing after making a new resolution in the year 2000 and hasn't looked back. He has a thriving schools program, storytelling and taking creative writing workshops around local schools. He lives in Northern Ireland with his wife, Elaine and has twin daughters, Sarah-Jane and Rebekah.
Jonny Duddle has a background in computer games