title: Terror on the Seas: True Tales of Modern-Day Pirates
author:  Daniel Sekulich 
description: Forget Blackbeardpiracy is more widespread and dire today than ever before, according to this rudderless expos. Sekulich (<i>Ocean Titans</i>) draws that conclusion in part through a liberal definition of piracy. The exploits of the well-organized and murderous Somali pirates that Sekulich chronicles qualify spectacularly: they have attacked a cruise ship, hijacked a supertanker, held freighter crews hostage for ransom and put a tragic crimp in food-aid shipments to Somalia. But the author also devotes much space to what amounts to mundane acts of maritime theft, hanging out, for example, with Malaysian fishermen who complain of having their boats and outboard motors stolen at night. His search for a genuine pirate to interview turns up a rueful Indonesian man who belonged to a gang that sneaked aboard ships anchored in port and stole cargo items, sometimes roughing up the watchmen. Readers looking for outlaw romance will not find it in these dispirited heists. While pirate attacks are certainly terrifying to their victims, Sekulich's alarm isn't justified by his depiction of the problem, which makes it seem like more than a nuisance but less than a scourge. Photos. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Found at Sea
  
  
  Tales of Fate Book One
  
  
  
  
  
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  Jaclyn Osborn
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Found at Sea:
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this novel
  are fictitious and are products of the author’s imagination and any
  resemblance to actual events, or locales or persons, living or dead are
  entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Published by Jaclyn Osborn
  
  
  Cover Art by Sarah Jo Chreene
  
  
  
  
  
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  Dedication
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To my favorite group of pirates.
  
  
  May we bang our mugs and sail the high seas for many more years to come.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Note to Reader
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Thank you for picking up a copy of this book. Before you dive in, I’d like to
  say that this is not a historical and is not based