The Pirate Round

Can you profit from evil without becoming evil? A trader's descent into damnation.

1694-1696. Áine Brennan profits from the Indian Ocean slave trade, telling herself she's just a trader, not a slaver. But complicity has a price, and when she receives the compass from her ancestor Thomas Blackwood, she must confront the truth: can you profit from evil without becoming evil?

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