The Blackbirder — James L. Nelson

In the torrential wake of The Guardship comes the second in the Brethren of the Coast trilogy and the swashbuckling adventures of former pirate Thomas Marlowe.

In a blind rage, King James, ex-slave and now Thomas Marlowe's comrade in arms, slaughters the crew of a slave ship and makes himself the most wanted man in Virginia. The governor gives Marlowe a choice: hunt James down and bring him back to hang or lose everything Marlowe has built for himself and his wife, Elizabeth.

Marlowe sets out in pursuit of the ex-slave turned pirate, struggling to maintain control over his crew and following James's trail of destruction. But Marlowe is not James's only threat, as factions aboard James' own ship vie for control and betrayal stalks him to the shores of Africa.