Final Curse of Ophelia Cray, The

Ages 14 And Up

Fans of Our Flag Means Death will love the swashbuckling adventures of two sisters braving the sea and its pirates to find themselves.

The townspeople hate Ophelia, daughter of a notorious pirate queen, because they believe she will repeat her mother’s legacy. Ophelia only wants to join the navy to make amends for her mother’s deeds so she steals her sister’s birth certificate to enlist after being barred from joining because of her cursed reputation. But Ophelia soon discovers that a life at sea isn’t as honorable as she hoped.

When their father falls ill, Ophelia’s half-sister Betsy asks the navy recall her sister, but in doing so reveals Ophelia’s fraudulent enlistment. To save her sister from the naval authorities, she must overcome her anxieties and find her sea legs in a race to find Ophelia before the navy can.

Between duels, unexpected romance, and lost treasures, the sisters realize that piracy runs in the family after all.

About the Author

Christine Calella is a 2018 graduate of Columbia University’s MFA program for Creative Writing who stuck around in the big city to fulfill her childhood dream of working in publishing. She is currently a publicist at a major publishing house, and is a three-time mentor with the #AuthorMentorMatch program. The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray is her debut novel.