The Silver Swan
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Price:
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$17.99
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On Sale:
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1/05/2007
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Formats:
B Format Paperback
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So she′s overjoyed to see the motley crew from the Mermaid, who, believing her to be dead, have come to return her belongings, including the precious horde of pearls, to her mother. Their surprise at finding Lily alive is only topped by their discovery that man they knew as Hussein Reis is Lily′s father.
James Swann receives word from the Admiralty that he is needed to fight the French on Malta. Taking the Mermaid, its crew, Lily and the rest of the Swann family (still feuding), he sails to Malta to help its people rid the islands of the invaders.
Their mission, to find a way through the secret tunnels under the fortress of Valletta to rescue the Maltese hostages kept there, is betrayed by a trusted friend, and Lily′s constant fights with her father threaten to undermine the whole operation.
But worse is in store as Lily and her brother Lucas are chased through a wild storm at sea by their old enemy, Captain Diablo ...
Ages 9-12
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Author Extras
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The Pirates Revenge
Once a pirate slave, Lily Swann is navigator on the Mermaid, running the French blockade of Malta, when she learns her long-lost father may still be alive. But before she can follow up her discovery, Lily clashes with the vile Captain Diablo, who forces her to show him the...
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Ocean Without End
The Swashbuckler trilogy tells of the adventures of Lily, a young girl who grows from a pirate slave to a pirate princess. This exciting new historical adventure series for children is set during the Napoleonic Wars, when the French navy occupied the Mediterranean in the final days of the...
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