The Pirate is a maritime and fantastical epic where the fury of the oceans roars and a legendary crew rises: the Burning Shadow, a sisterhood of African women rescued from slavery and transformed into the vengeful flames of the seas. At their head, Olympe de Clair-Vaillant, an indomitable captain, raises her black flag against the triangular trade and the colonial powers ravaging the 17th-century world. The story is told to us by Atx, an old sailor whose memories, in the twilight of his life, have become a raging sea once more. In 1668, he was only ten years old when he embarked alongside his grandfather Opa to protect their family from greedy colonists. Very quickly, they discover the unthinkable: Txénoa, Atx's cousin, has been kidnapped to be sold into slavery. This desperate quest throws them onto the road to Olympe, where they are in direct confrontation with her sworn enemy, Captain Sargouin, whose cruelty knows no bounds. Publication date: February 2, 2026 Order Press release