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A Mutiny of Pirates: Being an account of the Damn Shames and the search for the treasure of Chalcedon

The Damn Shames, a group of bikers-turned-pirates, find themselves at the center of a search for a legendary pirate captain’s treasure–a quest made deadly by politicians, privateers, and the uncaring vacuum of space.

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Rahab

Rahab’s first thought is: This’ll all go faster if I just blow his brains out now.

She’s only a little sorry
for thinking it. It’s only Tarsus buried in that rubble, and her stomach is
already churning thanks to…gods. Devith. Froggy. Those assholes should have had
the courtesy to die in a less grotesque way, so she can get some sleep tonight.

Rahab sheds the grim thoughts and rests her arms at a
90-degree angle—one pistol pointed at the door, the other at Tarsus. Just in case, she tells herself. The old man could be bluffing.

“Kin,” Rahab says warningly, but he’s already hefting Fray
so he can support her with one arm and crossing over to where Tarsus’s cry came
from. Rahab groans and dances in place. She wants to split, wants to kill these
fools who attacked them and get back to Falcor, but she’s worried sick about
Fray. Their leader doesn’t look good.

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