Back in 2004 and 2005 I released the first two of what was planned to be a series of books called Pirate Planet Adventures. The series of five was to be based on five legendary treasures on a small back-water planet in outer space called Dextron (nicknamed The Pirate Planet) as it was mostly inhabited by cut-throats and nar-do-wells. The original plan was to write each adventure about one of the legendary treasures that existed on the planet, that one of our heroes was aspiring to find.
1. The Fortress of Bones (About a legendary treasure stash hidden by the infamous Captain Culpepper).
2. Island of the Golden Helmet (About a legendary magical helmet made of gold that was hidden on a haunted island inhabited by all manner of ghosts and ghoulies)
3. The Dimamond of Picaroon (About an illusive hidden island that was home to a tribe of pigmy cannibal head-hunters who worshiped a giant cyclops GOLEM statue with a huge diamond for an eye).
4. The Jeweled Harp of Calgadoon (About a magical jeweled harp that had a magical ability to hypnotize and enslave anyone who heard it's haunting music, that was owned by an evil but beautiful Siren queen who enslaved her followers).
5. The Forbidden Island in the Sky (About an evil half cyborg half human who lived in a formidable floating island in the sky that was bent on overthrowing the Pirate Planet and becoming it's sole ruler).
I have recently decided to take the first two books and re-edit them into one longer book with all new illustrations by my good friend Matt Ficner. The new book is going to be out soon and it will combine the Fortress of Bones story and the Island of the Golden helmet into one book called "Space Scurvy-The two Islands of Captain Culpepper" it is also being fashioned into a television series to be done with puppets, designed and built by Matt. You will find the illustration above in the new book. It is one example of Matt's wonderful illustration style. That book will be followed by the book I am currently writing called "Space Scurvy-The Wizard the Witch and the Diamond Eyed Golem" Keep an eye out for these two new titles available on Amazon next year.
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