Ransom for Albatross

By L. Sterling Requate

The poppy has destroyed Jean-Claude's family. Its baited lure of deception, addiction and now murder, has found him both alone and embittered. With the aid of his friend Aether, a master bladesmith, they will embark on a quest that will take them into the underworld of the opium trade, and to its warlord: a pirate, who holds secrets both dark ... and familiar. To avenge those he has lost, Jean-Claude will find himself fighting for his own life, and then fighting for the chance to simply begin again. Mired in an emotional web of self-doubt and reprieve, is a haunting memory-a memory of Rochelle: a girl who imprinted upon his heart when he was just a lad. He neither pursued her, nor forgot her, and so, when fate calls him to aid in her plight, a beacon of hope begins to pulsate, imploring him to forgive so that he may love again. To succeed, he must first engage in a battle that is darker than anything he could imagine-the one within. A battle waged between two wolves that reside within him. One is named Self-loathing; the other, Forgiveness. He must feed the one that is to prevail, but which one will he ultimately choose?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507617941
• ISBN13: 9781507617946
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"