INTRODUCING
The Red Flag Fleet
Advance Readers' Group for future books about the Chinese Pirate Queen
You have been specially invited to become part of Shek Yang's elite private squadron. And I do mean elite. So, let me get this out of the way:
Please do not share this page with anyone!
This group is limited to individually chosen people like you who have shown special interest in The Flower Boat Girl and Chinese pirates. If you decide to accept my invitation, you will receive free books and other benefits in return for a few small favors. See what treasures you'll receive and what easy tasks you as a fleet officer will be asked to do.
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TREASURE 1
The Missing Chapter
FREE E-BOOK: immediate delivery
Yang is caught in the Annamese emperor’s palace, where everything seems to be a sign from the heavens.
My editors made me remove this chapter from The Flower Boat Girl, but I had to share it. Read “Omens” and why it was reluctantly left out.
Also inside: the true story of two princesses who married three emperors.
TREASURE 2
The Sequel
The raison d'etre for the Red Flag Fleet
Indeed, I am working on the next book about Cheng Yat Sou. Highlights include:
- Yang grapples with the challenges of command
- Her shocking feminist declaration
- Ghosts from her past and the return of her poetry-loving suitor
- Meeting her match in a sly new provincial governor
- The second-biggest naval battle in history; whose side were the gods on?
- The decision of her life: to give it all up for love?
YOU GET A FREE COPY
I'll send you the penultimate draft, and ask you to comment, suggest changes, and make it better. This is the real reason for this group. Many authors rely on their most trusted readers to help make their books the best they can be. I trust you. That's why I'm asking for your participation. I hope you'll want to be entrusted with this responsibility.
EXPECTED DELIVERY: SPRING 2022
TREASURE 3
Privileged Information & Excerpts
With your permission, you will receive two sets of newsletters:
- My normal newsletters to all of my readers. At most once a month, you'll get historical anecdotes about Chinese pirates and occasional news about talks and events.
- The Red Flag Fleet news. Private progress reports about the sequel to The Flower Boat Girl, including excerpts from the work-in-progress for you to comment on, and occasional accounts of the joys, discoveries, and challenges, of writing about a long-vanished world. Sent only when there is something to report.
Your Mission
WHAT I'M ASKING FROM YOU
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