The tiny nation of Swansgaard is a lovely place with abundant natural resources, including the royal family, which has been blessed with twelve daughters and a son. As this boisterous baker's dozen approaches adulthood, the king and queen lovingly tell their daughters, "You must make your own fortune, for we cannot enrich you without impoverishing our people or leaving our lands defenseless, and that we will not do." Happily, the princesses of Swansgaard are eager to meet this challenge, for they yearn for adventures both near and far from home.
Clarice is an expert swordswoman and as the oldest is the first to depart. Disguising herself as Clarence, she signs on for a voyage to the New World. The captain is vile and blackhearted and the crew soon mutinies. Clarice becomes first mate - and finds her heart captured by the new captain, Dominick, who is, to his own surprise, increasingly attracted to Clarence.
I really liked this swashbuckling adventure! It was equal parts exciting, coming of age and a little bit of growing attraction/romance. I'm a little disappointed that this is the only book in the series as it appears Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory didn't write anymore but as a stand alone novel (there is a firm conclusion at the end of the book) it reads well.
If you like Pirates of the Caribbean I would recommend this book!
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