Privateers
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For Henry Riley and the crew of the Chimera, privateering is just a means to an end. For Henry, it's a way to return home. Banished from Charlestowne, South Carolina by the British Governor, Henry's only hope to return to his family and the woman he loves is by pressing his ship into the service of the Continental Navy in exchange for a full pardon upon the defeat of the British. But with victory all but certain, can he survive the perils of the high seas as he and the ragtag Continental Navy fight the Legendary British Navy?
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