The Dark Eve

Young Audim Basile hates life dominated by his cold, controlling father. But his dreams of fortune and adventure are turned upside down when he runs off to weigh anchor with the toughest, most barbaric band of pirates the criminal underworld has ever known. Together with their dark, mysterious female captain, Acantha â€" who’ll run her sword through anyone who looks at her the wrong way â€" Basile and his fellow swashbuckling bandits sail the globe, fighting hordes of terrifying supernatural creatures that would make even the hardiest buccaneer quake with fear. Together with his newfound crew mates, Basile must help with finding Acantha’s sister â€" who’s been missing for over a year â€" while being consumed with trying to solve the mystery of Acantha’s illusive past â€" before the evil Wraith King sends all of them to a premature watery grave. Will Basile survive the fiercest test of his young life? Will Acantha sacrifice her own ship and crew (including young Basile) just to save her sister? Will young Basile come to terms with the price of the high-seas way of life and fortune? In her stunning debut novel, T.K. Thompson launches readers on the most exhilarating ocean journey since Pirates of the Caribbean. Only time will tell if Acantha, Basile, and their hardy shipmates will live to tell this heart-stopping tale and fight another day.