Eyes of the Calusa

Description

In the opening years of the eighteenth century| fierce Calusa Indians rule the coast of Southwest Florida. Pirates patrol the area| looking for Indians to capture and sell at the slave auction in Charles Town| South Carolina. One evening| Calusa girl Mara is kidnapped by pirates| and dragged aboard Captain Hannah Dunne’s frigate| the Devil Ray. In the months that follow| Mara’s journey takes her through a terrible storm at sea| a visit to Blackbeard’s hideout| and finally to her new home on an indigo plantation near Charles Town. On the plantation she uncovers secret plans for a slave rebellion| and she is forced to make desperate choices that will change her life forever.