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On the Atlantic, the weather was almost insulting in its calm—bright sun, clear sky, and waves just high enough to make the ship breathe, but not high enough to frighten her.
The merchant ship Black Pearl cut through it all with the steady confidence of a vessel that knew her purpose. A three-year-old American-built freighter, designed for weight and profit, her holds packed tight with iron ore bound for Britain—because lately, with Britain's naval expansion and armament factories running day and night, the demand for iron was insatiable. Like a starving household begging for food and willing to pay handsomely to be fed.
And Captain Jack Ashcroft loved nothing more than watching the world grow hungry.
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