This novella is a fun, swash-buckling fantasy adventure featuring a blacksmith who had never planned on becoming a pirate, a dastardly pirate captain who has sold his soul, and his courageous and unpredictable daughter who will not tamely accept the fate that her father has planned for her. There are scurvy pirate villains aplenty, treacherous plots and an idyllic tropical island full of innocent villagers that need saving. This was such a fun and fast-paced read which transported me to pirate ships on Caribbean seas and dripping caves on a tropical island. What an escape on a cold and rainy spring day! Highly recommended if you want to escape and have fun.