The Old Corsair
Michael DeStefano"The Old Corsair" is an intricate, mystery-driven political thriller that blends historical fact and inventive fiction in a captivating narrative. The story pivots around a historical character, Vernon "Cyclops" Tunney, a sailor lost to the annals of time, and the strong, flawed protagonist of the present day, Naval Intelligence Officer Terrie Murphy.
In 2004, a seventeen-year-old Terrie receives a package containing chilling evidence of her sister's brutal murder by unseen enemies. Her pleas for justice fall on deaf ears, both within the government and the media. Nine years later, as a newly promoted Naval Intelligence Officer, Terrie is assigned to monitor the demolition of an old marina, supposedly the site of the nation's first intelligence office. Instead, she stumbles upon a trail of hidden history leading back to 1788, a captured and refitted pirate vessel renamed, Neptune's Trident, and her enigmatic captain, Vernon Tunney.
As she delves deeper into the...