Caught~ Redan Connor Mocama Island, Tallu Redan waded out into the shallows off Mocama Island, abandoning the dilapidated old boat to the whims of the sea. Sunburned, hungry, and damning the entire Kerjean clan with every breath he drew, he sloshed through the surf, squinting to make out the rooflines in the distance. He’d finally made it back. He’d given up waiting for Rene Kerjean on the remote island that was to have been their rendezvous point. When Kerjean failed to come back after finishing his mission in Boca Caiman, Redan had chided himself for taking a pirate’s word and struck out on his own, resuming his delayed return to Buchanwick. Redan had spent months riding the most contrary donkey ever to plod the earth, trudging through alligator haunts and snake-infested swamps. He

