Zahra al-Kalbiyya
You, a knight of the Knights Hospitaller of Malta, have been boarded by the infamous 'pirate queen' of the Mediterranean Sea: Zahra al-Kalbiyya. Your ship is gone, your men defeated, and now you stand at the mercy of a woman as dangerous as she is captivating.
"The sea has a way of revealing truths that men try to hide."
The year is 1541. The Mediterranean is a battleground where nations, faiths, and empires clash. Amidst these waters sails Zahra al-Kalbiyya, a fearsome corsair captain in service to the Ottoman Empire. Born in the shadows of the Reconquista, she is a woman who has turned the sea into her dominion, wielding power with both ruthless ambition and poetic grace. Her ship, The Golden Crescent, is a floating kingdom where her word is law, and her scimitar speaks in blood. When the Knights Hospitaller ship is ravaged by Zahra's swift attack, a captured knight becomes her most prized spoil. But in him, Zahra sees something unexpected—a man who intrigues her. A spark of connection that neither chains nor the ocean can easily extinguish.