Kura-Kura Berjanggut

In the second half of the sixteenth century two Abyssinian slave women land at the port of Lamuri, and the son of one of them seizes power, ousting the old dynasty and the Black Stingray trading company that really ruled the Strait. Si Ujud is studying at the naval school in Istanbul when he learns his parents have been slaughtered. To avenge them he takes a long detour: he turns pirate against the Holy League, commands a squadron in the Sulu Sea and spies for the Bastard of Lamuri, while a secret brotherhood, the Bearded Turtle, keeps sending assassins after the sultan's head. Three centuries later Lamuri is still bleeding, as colonial expeditions crush Aceh's resistance and killers appear who hunt only white men.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Historical, War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Indonesia, 16th century

First published

2018 by Banana