The Dagger X
The Dagger Chronicles
Published on 12. November 2013
368 pages
978-1-4424-6857-3 (ISBN)
Description
Kitto's adventure continues in the suspenseful sequel to The Dagger Quick, which School Library Journal called a ?quest perfect for landlubbers and pirate aficionados alike.?
On the high seas of the Caribbean in the 1600s, a twelve-year-old boy, Kitto, stands wrongly accused of his father's murder and is forced into adulthood too quickly as he tries to prove his innocence. After a brutal shark attack, Kitto must take refuge on a forsaken island that holds a store of valuable nutmeg, with its power to make men as rich as kings.
When he encounters the notorious Alexandre Exquemelin, known as X, he discovers a dark secret about his own past and identity. Will the events of Kitto's past determine his fate, or will he have the courage to forge his own destiny?
A tale of friends and fiends, good and evil, pirates and predators, and the thrill of the high seas, The Dagger X is an exciting adventure and classic story of the search for manhood and identity.
On the high seas of the Caribbean in the 1600s, a twelve-year-old boy, Kitto, stands wrongly accused of his father's murder and is forced into adulthood too quickly as he tries to prove his innocence. After a brutal shark attack, Kitto must take refuge on a forsaken island that holds a store of valuable nutmeg, with its power to make men as rich as kings.
When he encounters the notorious Alexandre Exquemelin, known as X, he discovers a dark secret about his own past and identity. Will the events of Kitto's past determine his fate, or will he have the courage to forge his own destiny?
A tale of friends and fiends, good and evil, pirates and predators, and the thrill of the high seas, The Dagger X is an exciting adventure and classic story of the search for manhood and identity.
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Brian Eames
The Dagger X
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11/2013
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
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Brian Eames has taught for fifteen years at the Paideia School, a K?12 independent school in Atlanta. He read his first novel, The Dagger Quick, out loud to his class as he wrote it. Publishers Weekly called The Dagger Quick ?thoroughly researched, fast-paced, and tense...embraces the mythical glamour of a pirate's life.? He lives with his wife and children in Atlanta. Visit him at TheDaggerQuick.com.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Map
- Cast of Characters
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Bucket
- Chapter 2: Slave Ship
- Chapter 3: Shark
- Chapter 4: Uncharted Island
- Chapter 5: Sharpshooter
- Chapter 6: The Cave
- Chapter 7: Spice and Sin
- Chapter 8: Pirates
- Chapter 9: Motley Crew
- Chapter 10: Pippin's Run
- Chapter 11: Articles
- Chapter 12: Dagger Tales
- Chapter 13: Barrels
- Chapter 14: Waiting No More
- Chapter 15: Akin
- Chapter 16: Disarmed
- Chapter 17: Missing Duck
- Chapter 18: Night Moves
- Chapter 19: Boarding
- Chapter 20: Secret Manuscript
- Chapter 21: Spanish Galley
- Chapter 22: Duck
- Chapter 23: Arriving in Jamaica
- Chapter 24: Flight
- Chapter 25: Excrement
- Chapter 26: The Grand Dame
- Chapter 27: Prison
- Chapter 28: Dumaka
- Chapter 29: Flight by Night
- Chapter 30: Captives
- Chapter 31: Hanging
- Chapter 32: Weeping Madonna
- Chapter 33: Jamaica's Secrets
- Chapter 34: Maroon
- Chapter 35: Birthright
- Chapter 36: The Path
- Chapter 37: Reunion
- A Note about This Book
- Acknowledgments
- About Brian Eames
- Copyright
