Inside this book awaits a world of heroes, villains, courage and cowardice. Twelve-year-old Christopher Quick, known as Kitto, is cursed with a club foot and a life of hard work as an apprentice to his father in 17th century England. Suddenly his father is mercilessly murdered and his fate is forever changed. In a moment everything that Kitto ever knew about right and wrong, good and evil, is in question. Left with only the dagger his father gave him and his own inner resolve, he embarks on a journey in which he will find not only his notorious uncle William Quick, a Jamaican pirate, but also his manhood.

So begins this tale of the terrors and thrills of the high seas
that will take you from the Caribbean to Cape Verde and beyond.

Brian Eames’s first novel is a classical adventure story as
surprising as it is satisfying, as tender as it is thrilling.

Listen to Brian read the complete first chapter from The Dagger Quick here.