Matthew T Vinning

Bloodlines: Fictional Story About Old World Pirates Set in Modern Day Times Matthew T Vinning First edition

After the mysterious disappearance of his parents on a cruise ship, Bart Roberts had his whole life turned upside down. With the help of his friends, Bart was able to get back to a normal life with a normal job in his normal home in Miami, Florida. After receiving a package early one morning, Bart?s life changes in one fatal swoop. Bart finds himself thrust into a war that has been going on for hundreds of years between two of the most infamous pirates to ever ply the trade. He is the last of the bloodline of Bartholomew Roberts, who reportedly took over 400 ships while he was an active pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy. Bart gains the knowledge and skills of lifetimes past, which make him vastly more powerful and wealthy beyond anything he could imagine. With power and wealth come all the problems and enemies. Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is filled with greedy malice for Bart Roberts' birthright and hopes to end the Roberts? bloodline once and for all. When one line is ended the power and knowledge passes to the one that ended that line and Blackbeard wants the knowledge and the power all to himself. In an epic battle to gain what is rightfully his, Bart must accept his lineage and fight for the lives of his friends and for the bloodline that he has had thrust upon him.