Series by Kevin C Smith
Young Adult Pirate Adventure Series
The Complete Bilge Rat: Pirate Adventurer Series
| YOUNG ADULT FICTION | Action & Adventure |
Bilge Rat: Pirate Adventurer Series
Welcome to the Golden Age of Piracy!
This exceedingly brief yet profoundly memorable time period spawned copious well-known reprobates such as Blackbeard, Calico Jack and Black Bart to name but a few. Usually, these nautical plunderers have been portrayed in literature and film as noble and gallant adventurers and paladins. These felonious representations could not be further from the truth. Pirates were notorious criminals and despicable cowards preying on the weak and helpless as they perpetuated countless acts of savagery and barbarity.
The Bilge Rat, Pirate Adventurer series paints a vastly different recreation of the raucous and brutal world of pirates. Expunged are the heroic swashbuckling duels amongst rivals, the fictitious histrionics of rescuing damsels in distress and the silver screen’s fantasy of marching captured prisoners to their everlasting doom by walking the plank. In absolute contrast, this intriguing and action-packed series furnishes a far more realistic chronicle of pirate lifestyles and behavior.
Praise for the Bilge Rat: Pirate Adventurer Series
Lorraine Rice, Ed.D
(Chair, Upper Southampton Township Library Board, President, Conwell-Egan Catholic High School, Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
“Author Kevin Charles Smith’s unusual pirate adventure is exciting, energetic, and entertaining. Set in a meticulous and historically accurate tableau at sea, his original storyline far surpasses expectations.”
Jeniffer Widman
Executive Director,
(South Dakota Festival of Books)
” Kevin Charles Smith will take South Dakota students and readers of all ages for an adventure on the high seas through author talks and book signings.”
Cindy Vallar
--Pirates and Privateers --
“[Smith] weaves together a series of vignettes that introduce the main character and provide the framework that allows Echo to accomplish all that transpires both in London and the Caribbean. Along the way readers meet a host of unique and memorable characters some scary, others who bring smiles, all easy to picture.”
Published by Telemachus Press 2024
The Bilge Rat: Pirate Adventurer Series is published by Telemachus Press, LLC.
Books 1-3 were formerly published with Journey Press, a company now closed after the passing of a friend and colleague.
Kevin C Smith thanks Telemachus Press for their expertise and enthusiasm in re-releasing the Bilge Rat: Pirate Adventurer Series and the launch of the newest story to set sail – Viking Pirate.
Awards, Acclaim, and Accolades
for
Remarkable Rascal
Finalist - International Book Awards
2014
Black Tarantula
Finalist - Book Excellence Award
2017
Black Tarantula
Finalist - International Book Awards
2017
Demon Pirate
Finalist - Indie Book
Awards
2017
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