Pirates & Puritans - Book 1

The Alchemy Thief

When the secrets of the past threaten to destroy the future.

A tale of hope, resilience, and the indomitable spirit of a woman, this sweeping epic spans the Atlantic from New England to Morocco during the Golden Age of Piracy.

2019:  A young woman finds a relic engraved with a mysterious symbol off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.  Terrorists in Morocco steal a 17th-century book engraved with the same symbol.  As the woman struggles to unravel the secrets behind the symbol, her life changes in ways she could never have imagined.

1657: Flung back in time, she meets the alchemist, John Winthrop, Jr. who is plotting to lure the greatest scientific minds to the New World.  But the more she learns, the more she fears for the lives of the loved ones she left behind.

In a stunning twist of fate, a modern terrorist has traveled into the past, where he has become a Barbary Corsair.  He has plans of his own.  And he will stop at nothing to succeed.