Subterranean Press is proud to present Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key, an exclusive pirate novel by the author of the acclaimed “Company” series. Look for it in April 2008.

His name is John James–at least, that’s the name he gives to anyone asking. He’s a former pirate just back in Port Royal from the sack of Panama, and he has every intention of settling down and leading a respectable life. First, though, he must honor a promise and deliver a letter to the mistress of one of his dead comrades.

But the lady is much more than she seems, and the letter turns out to contain detailed instructions for recovering a hidden fortune. It’s one thing to know where treasure may be found; finding it, and keeping it, is quite another. On his quest for a prince’s ransom John is joined by two unlikely allies: a black freedman named Sejanus Walker and a humble clerk named Winthrop Tudeley. Pirate attacks, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sharks, unearthly visitations and double-crosses follow. Especially double-crosses…

Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key will be available exclusively from Subterranean Press in two unique editions

Limited: 2000 signed hardcover copies: $35
Lettered: 15 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase: $200

Posted on Monday, October 15th, 2007 at 6:54 am.