Author(s): Kelly Gardiner

Children's Fiction

The third and concluding book in the Swashbuckler Trilogy, The Silver Swan picks up where the 'happy ending' of The Pirate's Revenge left off. The Swann Family are reunited at last - but after being a pirate captain and commanding her own ship, Lily finds living as a conventional girl again hard to take. And her father isn't helping, instead he seems determined to forget his daughter ever went to sea. As Napoleon's siege of Malta intensifies, Captain Swann receives new orders from the Admiralty and prepares to leave his family once again for battle. But this time his family is determined not to be left and with the help of her old crew, Lily and her mother and younger brother find themselves in the thick of a daring scheme to relieve the beleaguered city. But things don?t go to plan and once again Lily has to face her nemesis - El Diablo! A stirring and very satisfying conclusion to a fantastic adventure series with a feisty young heroine who can swash her buckle with the best of them. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! First published April 2007.