Pirate's Promise, a Pathfinder Tales novel by Chris A. Jackson, was released in December 2014. An audiobook version narrated by John Pruden was released in October 2015. The novel follows the characters and events of Jackson's 2013 novel, Pirate's Honor.
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Torius Vin is perfectly happy with his life as a pirate captain, sailing the Inner Sea in search of plunder with a bold crew of buccaneers and Celeste, his snake-bodied navigator and one true love. Yet all that changes when his sometimes-friend Vreva—a high-powered courtesan and abolitionist spy in the slaver stronghold of Okeno—draws him into her shadowy network of insurgents. Caught between the slavers he hates and a navy that sees him as a criminal, can Torius continue to choose the path of piracy? Or will he sign on as a privateer, bringing freedom to others—at the price of his own?
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Characters
Pirate's Promise features the following characters:
Contents
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- Chapter 1 Auspicious Arrivals (9)
- Chapter 2 Lessons in Freedom (29)
- Chapter 3 The Most Dangerous Weapons (45)
- Chapter 4 Loyalty's Reward (61)
- Chapter 5 Unwelcome Guests (79)
- Chapter 6 Disturbing Messages (107)
- Chapter 7 Observations (125)
- Chapter 8 Revelations (143)
- Chapter 10 A Parting of Ways (169)
- Chapter 11 The Lure of Sea and Stars (181)
- Chapter 12 Behind the Masks (199)
- Chapter 13 Tenuous Associations (217)
- Chapter 14 A Pirate's Promise (237)
- Chapter 15 Hard Questions (255)
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- Chapter 16 Confrontations (277)
- Chapter 17 A Lover's Message (299)
- Chapter 18 Suspicions (311)
- Chapter 19 Blood Tells No Lies (323)
- Chapter 20 A Woman Scorned (339)
- Chapter 21 Spitting Mad (355)
- Chapter 22 A Choice to Live (367)
- Chapter 23 Healing a Broken Heart (387)
- Chapter 24 Lessons in Vengeance (397)
- Chapter 25 Beauty and Terror (409)
- Chapter 26 Inquisitor's Wrath (425)
- Chapter 27 Freedom's Privateer (439)
- Chapter 28 Familiar Friends (451)
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Paizo published Chapter One to the Paizo Blog as a sample chapter.
Index
| Index for Pirate's Promise |
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"aura of dark energy that swirled around her weapon" p 192
"a big sack, and it's throwing an incredible wind into the sails" p 242
communication spell through scrying p 362f.
"location spell" p 54
magic grappling hooks?: "several of the grappling hooks scrabbled like four-legged spiders" p 412
manacles to stop spell casting p 344
Master Helwek's tavern's name
"a preternatural edge, and deal grievous wounds that bleed and weaken the foe" p 32 keen edge or bleed?
"scrolls to cast dream messages" p 54; "dream spell" p 116 & "dream-message scrolls p 117
"tiny skulls on her armor cackled madly" a magic item? p 190
"the very earth beneath their feet began to shake and pitch with the fury of the Rough Beast." p 193
Zarina's spell p 345f. |
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Plot summary
Author interview
Chris A. Jackson discussed Pirate's Promise on the Paizo Blog in March 2015.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Although a blue link, there is no article about this subject at the destination.
- ↑ There are several Pathfinder lodges in Katapesh, but there is insufficient information in the novel to accurately identify the exact lodge in question. The link is to the Katapesh Lodge
| The Life & Times of Torius Vin & Celeste: A list of their tales in chronological order |
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| Pathfinder Fiction |
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Flash Fiction |
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| Iconic Encounters |
- Red Snow
- Puzzle Box
- One by One
- To the Last Breath
- Tough Crowd
- The Green Within
- Party Crasher
- Test of the Hidden Peaks
- One Last Miracle
- Whispers in the Blood
- Hold My Beer
- Fire in the Hold
| | | Tales of Lost Omens |
The Hopeful
Far From Heaven
Blood Fate
All That Glitters
The Sea's Vengeance
Bound for Glory
The World Expands
The Snare
Portents from the Deck
Dragonfear
Bad Dogs
Rat Trap
Seeds of Hope
When It Rains
The Idol and the Scythe | | | The Windsong Testaments |
The Beauty of Horrors |
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