High Commander Lesto Arseni is the most feared man in the Harken Empire. None but the High King dares risk his wrath—and a pirate who once punched him in the middle of the imperial pavilion. A pirate who later snuck away with Lesto to an empty room, touched him in ways far more memorable. And then immediately bolted like a man who'd gotten what he wanted. Shemal just wants to live a normal life, leave his pirating days behind him and prove that he's respectable now. The last thing he needs is the two idiots who show up wanting his help with the noble they've kidnapped—the very man Shemal had been hoping to prove himself to, the man he hasn't forgotten since Shemal punched him a year and a half ago.

High Commander Lesto Arseni is the most feared man in the Harken Empire. None but the High King dares risk his wrath-and a pirate who once punched him in the middle of the imperial pavilion. A pirate who later snuck away with Lesto to an empty room, touched him in ways far more memorable. And then immediately bolted like a man who'd gotten what he wanted.Shemal just wants to live a normal life, leave his pirating days behind him and prove that he's respectable now. The last thing he needs is the two idiots who show up wanting his help with the noble they've kidnapped-the very man Shemal had been hoping to prove himself to, the man he hasn't forgotten since Shemal punched him a year and a half ago.

A collection of various short stories by the British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This collection includes his crime, detective and other thriller genre stories.

This volume contains twelve of Conan Doyle's best stories, the first part "Tales of Pirates" dealing with corsairs and adventurers, the second part "Tales of Blue Water" with sea stories. Included are: How The Governor Of Saint Kitt's Came Home The Dealings Of Captain Sharkey The Blighting Of Sharkey How Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey The "Slapping Sal" A Pirate Of The Land - One Crowded Hour The Striped Chest The Captain Of The "Polestar" The Fiend Of The Cooperage Jelland's Voyage J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement That Little Square Box