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The Valkyrie Series: The First Fleet - (Books 1-3) Look Sharpe!, Ill Wind & Dead Reckoning: Caribbean Pirate Adventure Kindle Edition

3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

Seafaring historical adventure, perfect for fans of Julian Stockwin, Patrick O’Brian and Bernard Cornwell,

“A real adventure story, the like of which I have not read in many a year. Suspend reality, hold on & enjoy the adventure” – R.P. Smith, Amazon reviewer.

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Look Sharpe!:

Henry Sharpe is a recently bereaved and bankrupt English earl who travels to the Caribbean to help his uncle run his sugar plantation.

When he arrives, he finds his uncle has given up on that idea to lead a more exciting life as a privateer, earning a fearsome reputation as Captain Tarr.

Ill Wind:

Gabriella Berryngton is an unhappy and oppressed fourteen-year-old girl living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1683. She dreams of escaping her bitter, ambitious stepfather and sailing off into the unknown.

Her dreams come true when her stepfather sells her into marriage.

Dead Reckoning:

Leo is born in Spanish Panama in 1659. When he is twelve years old he witnesses the violent rape and murder of his mother by three of the Caribbean's most feared pirates: Tarr, Blake and Hornigold, and swears revenge at all costs.

Then he meets Gabriella van Ecken.

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Karen Perkins grew up in and around boats and competed in her Contender dinghy, The Ride of the Valkyrie, at national and European level, taking the ladies title in both championships in 1995.

What readers say about Karen Perkins:

“Ms Perkins is a true artist of the spoken word” – Author JJ Toner

”Karen Perkins is truly a master of words, emotion, and craft” - Author Linda George

“A must read for anyone who loves stories of high adventure, privateers, and romance on the open seas" – Amazon reviewer

“Karen Perkins is a real gem of a writer!” – Amazon reviewer

“I love Karen Perkins style of writing and her connecting tales.” – Amazon reviewer

“Your books are like a binge watch on Netflix because once you start you can’t put it down” - Instagram review

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Amazon readers love The Valkyrie Series!Praise for The Valkyrie Series: "Epic pirate adventure" - USA Today Bestselling Author Claire C Riley "Wonderful book by Karen Perkins" - Kathy I'm impressed with the author's knowledge, and at her ability to combine her love of sailing with a skillful tale - Author Janice G Ross "Some might say that it's a Bernard Cornwell type tale of adventure on the high seas, but it is much more than that" - The Bard "Non-stop adventure with plausible characters, historical content, and situations that any seafaring person recognize" - George R "A must read for anyone who loves stories of high adventure, privateers, and romance on the open seas!" - Author Debbie McClure "Full of action and just the right amount of romance. Anyone wanting fast paced action and sea battles should read this, you won't regret it!" - Chris

From the Back Cover

The First Three Books in the Valkyrie Series of Caribbean Pirate Adventure:
Look Sharpe!- #1 Bestseller Caribbean Historical Fiction
Ill Wind - #1 Bestseller Caribbean Historical Fiction & Sea Adventures
Dead Reckoning - Top 50 Bestseller - UK Kindle Store#1 Bestseller in Historical Thrillers, Action & Adventure Suspense and War & Military as part of 'The Hot Box', and #1 Bestseller - Caribbean Historical Fiction, Sea Adventures, & Sailing Look Sharpe!:
Henry Sharpe is a recently bereaved and bankrupt English earl who travels to the Caribbean to help his uncle run his sugar plantation.

​When he arrives, he finds his uncle has given up on that idea to lead a more exciting life as a privateer, earning a fearsome reputation as Captain Tarr.

Ill Wind:
Gabriella Berryngton is an unhappy and oppressed fourteen-year-old girl living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1683. She dreams of escaping her bitter, ambitious stepfather and sailing off into the unknown.

Her dreams come true when her stepfather sells her into marriage.

Dead Reckoning:
Leo is born in Spanish Panama in 1659.
When he is twelve years old he witnesses the violent rape and murder of his mother by three of the Caribbean's most feared pirates: Tarr, Blake and Hornigold, and swears revenge at all costs.

Then he meets Gabriella van Ecken.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01GU07T5M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ LionheART Publishing House (June 8, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 8, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2477 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 478 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

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Karen's latest release, DIVIDED BY WITCHCRAFT, is the second in a new series of historical fiction short stories examining the frenzy of witch hunting that swept the north of England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries – including the most famous, that of the Pendle Witches in 1612.

Karen Perkins is the author of the Yorkshire Ghost Stories, the Pendle Witch Short Stories and the Valkyrie Series of historical nautical fiction. Her fiction has appeared at the top of bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic, including the top 21 in the UK Kindle Store in 2018.

Her first Yorkshire Ghost Story – THE HAUNTING OF THORES-CROSS – won the Silver Medal for European Fiction in the prestigious 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, whilst her Valkyrie novel, DEAD RECKONING, was long-listed in the 2011 MSLEXIA novel competition.

Originally a financial advisor, a sailing injury left Karen with a chronic pain condition (although she did take the European ladies title despite the injury!). Writing has given her a new lease of – and purpose to – life, and she is currently working on a sequel to Parliament of Rooks: Haunting Brontë Country, as well as the next Pendle Witch story.

Karen Perkins is a member of the Society of Authors, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and the Horror Writers Association.

Currently working on:

THE WITCH HUNTER OF PENDLE

and

A QUESTION OF WITCHCRAFT: Ghosts of Haworth, book 2.

Release dates tba.

For more details, please see Karen's website:

www.karenperkinsauthor.com

She can be contacted by email: karenperkinsauthor@gmail.com

and is also on Twitter: @LionheartG

Instagram: @yorkshireghosts

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www.facebook.com/groups/yorkshireghosts

(Author photo credit: John Rice)

Customer reviews

3.9 out of 5 stars
3.9 out of 5
21 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2018
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Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017
The Valkyrie series, The First Fleet comprises two novellas and a novel - Look Sharpe!, Ill Wind and Dead Reckoning (the novel); three dramatic swashbuckling tales of the lives of pirates on the Caribbean seas during the time of privateering and slave running. The three separate stories are very cleverly intertwined together to show one continuing story from different perspectives. The author uses the first person protagonist in all three books, changing the protagonist in all three books but maintaining a well constructed plot that draws the reader into the adventurous yet dangerous life on board the various pirate ships in the stories.
I did not particularly warm to Sharpe in Look Sharpe. He seemed a little two dimensional in comparison with Gabrielle and Leo in the other two stories. I am not sure what it was about him, but he seemed to need more depth.
I loved Gabrielle. Her character was vibrant and I was truly drawn to her as a character in the second and third books. Although she only makes a brief appearance in the first book, in the second and third books I came to love her as an amazingly forthright, and emancipated woman.
In book 3, Leo and Gabrielle share the protagonists role as Gabrielle’s intertwining story with Leo’s unfolds. It is well written and fits very well together to conclude how they wreaked revenge on the people who had wronged them.
As a series which not only combines swashbuckling piracy, adventure and vengeance but also love, it is truly well worth a read. My only criticisms are: Sharpe’s lack of depth of character in the first book; Also Van Ecken’s father’s dialect in Look Sharpe, which seemed to me to break up the flow of the story. He reminded me of Yoda the Jedi Master in Star Wars with his back to front English. Finally, I was also disappointed that Gabrielle didn’t appear to find out that Sharpe was her father – or is that for another book?
I received a complimentary copy of The Valkyrie Series, The First Fleet in return for an honest review.
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2017
Karen Perkins has a great way with words. I lost a bit of sleep reading the trio of books because I needed to know what was going to happen next. Karen is a great story teller and I felt like I was there in the story. Loved it.
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m j garfield
5.0 out of 5 stars The Valkayrie Series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2019
An Adventurous Romantic Pirate Yarn.
A Taste And Then It Ends.
Leaves You Yearning For More.
Nothing On The Horizon.
Adios My Heartie;I'm Jumping Ship!
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Paul Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Adventure writ large
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2019
A real adventure story, the like of which I have not read in many a year. Suspend reality, hold on & enjoy the adventure.
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C. Hall
5.0 out of 5 stars Valkyrie
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2017
Really enjoyed this book opened my eyes to a subject I had no knowledge about Pirates with a few complicated relationships included a good read.
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Simon Organ
5.0 out of 5 stars A good seafaring tale
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2019
An enjoyable, seafaring read with a great deal of atrocious slavery detail
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