The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Amina al-Sirafi was once the most feared pirate of the twelfth-century Indian Ocean, but she has traded the sea for quiet retirement and the raising of her young daughter. When a wealthy woman offers a fortune to recover a kidnapped granddaughter, Amina assembles her old crew for one last voyage. The job pulls her into a hunt tangled with sorcery, a dangerous Frankish antagonist, and creatures out of legend. Told as a tale Amina dictates to a scribe, the book braids swashbuckling adventure with questions of motherhood, faith, and the cost of the life she left behind.