num_pages: 350
description: In Alex Bledsoe's Wake of the Bloody Angel  a stand-alone fantasy mystery sword-wielding private eye Eddie LaCrosse tracks down a notorious pirate while solving the mystery of abandoned ghost ships.Twenty years ago a barmaid in a harbor town fell for a young sailor who turned pirate to make his fortune. But what truly became of Black Edward Tew remains a mysteryone that has just fallen into the lap of freelance sword jockey Eddie LaCrosse.For years Eddie has kept his office above Angelina's tavern so when Angelina herself asks him to find out what happened to the dashing pirate who stole her heart he can hardly say noeven though the trail is two decades old. Some say Black Edward and his ship The Bloody Angel went to bottom of the sea taking with it a king's fortune in treasure. Others say he rules a wealthy secret pirate kingdom. And a few believe he still sails under a ghostly flag with a crew of the damned.To find the truth and earn his twenty-five gold pieces a day Eddie must take to sea in the company of a former pirate queen in search of the infamous Black Edward Tewand his even more legendary treasure.
language: English
title: Wake of the Bloody Angel
publisher: Tor Books