Book One, by Bo Marwood · based on a screenplay by Michael Stevens
A work of lyrical realism, The English Pirate follows the rise and cost of a life lived at sea between 1614 and 1639. It is both brutal and human, drawn from fragments of the age and reimagined for a modern reader.
The novel is adapted from an original screenplay by Michael Stevens and authored by Bo Marwood. It stands alone as the opening movement in a wider cycle of tales from the North Atlantic world.
The wind tore at the rigging, snapping lines like gunfire. Easton stood at the helm, eyes fixed on the black wall of sea ahead. Behind him, the crew wrestled the sails, faces pale in the storm’s ghostlight.
“Hold her steady!” Pike’s voice was nearly swallowed by the roar. Easton didn’t flinch. In his mind, the storm was not an enemy — it was a test, and he had no intention of failing.