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Swashbucklers
A Fantasy Novel by Dan Hanks
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Supernatural Horror,
- Ghost Story,
- Small Town,
- Christmas,
- Single Parent Protagonist
This book is for you if you're into...
- Middle-aged heroes juggling parenting with supernatural chaos
- 80s nostalgia with video game consoles as magical weapons
- Talking animal sidekicks and enchanted forests in small towns
When Cisco Collins returns to his home town thirty years after saving it from being swallowed by a hell mouth opened by an ancient pirate ghost, he realises that being a childhood hero isn't like it was in the movies.
Especially when nobody remembers the heroic bits – even the friends who once fought alongside him. Struggling with single parenting and treated as bit of a joke, Cisco isn't really in the Christmas spirit like everyone else.
A fact that's made worse by the tendrils of the pirate's powers creeping back into our world and people beginning to die in bizarre ways.
With the help of a talking fox, an enchanted forest, a long-lost friend haunting his dreams, and some 80s video game consoles turned into weapons, Cisco must now convince his friends to once again help him save the day.
Yet they quickly discover that being a ghostbusting hero is so much easier when you don't have schools runs, parent evenings, and nativity plays to attend.
And even in the middle of a supernatural battle, you always need to bring snacks and wipes...
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