Des Ekin was a journalist and is the author of four books. After spending several years covering the Ulster Troubles, he rose to become deputy editor of the Belfast Sunday News before moving to Dublin. He worked as a journalist, columnist, assistant editor, and a political correspondent for The Sunday World until 2012.
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In 1785, a young American named James Leander Cathcart is kidnapped at sea and carried as prisoner to the maverick North African statelet of Algiers. The piratical corsairs of Algiers have decided to exploit the vulnerability of the United States by seizi... SEE MORE