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Archie Salvatorre blends artistry with engineering to craft chests with intricate locks, hidden mechanisms, and traps meant to outwit even the most determined thief. But in the oppressed port towns of Tyro Archipelago, he is running out of ways to keep the family business afloat. After finding a chest hidden beneath his shop, Archie does what any chestmaker would do. He opens it. What's sealed inside sends him on a journey with pirates to uncharted ruins at the edges of the known world. From one strange island to the next, Archie must use the skills he developed perfecting his craft to keep himself alive. Because the world is just a chest he hasn't opened yet - full of locks, hidden mechanisms, and deadly traps waiting to be sprung. The only thing standing between him and the ocean depths is a ship full of outcasts and an infamous pirate captain who makes him feel more valued on her deck than he ever felt at home. Chests are built to protect treasure, but Archie is only now beginning to understand what is more valuable than gold.

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J. L. Smyser is a teacher and co-owner of Blue Feathered Quill Publishing. He squeezes in his writing time by scribbling on any scraps of paper or sticky notes, and the cats that use him as furniture are his muses. The curious reader will be able to find his short stories in various anthologies, or other works he helped bring into the world at bfqpub.com. On any given day, you can find him somewhere in Colorado trying his best.

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