Ledgers, Ransoms, and the Price of a Human Life: A Review of The Tenth Stroke: A Novel of the Sulu Sea, 1825 by N.A. Vane
Ledgers, Ransoms, and the Price of a Human Life: A Review of The Tenth Stroke: A Novel of the Sulu Sea, 1825 by N.A. Vane Posted on Prairie Fox Reads https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/10/ledgers-ransoms-and-price-of-human-life.html Advanced Review Copy provided by the publisher Book Details: Title: The Tenth Stroke: A Novel of the Sulu Sea, 1825 Author: N.A. Vane Expected Publication: October 23, 2026 Format: Kindle Edition, 267 pages Genres: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Maritime Fiction, Women's Fiction, Colonial History There are historical novels that transport readers to another era, and then there are historical novels that force readers to confront the economic, social, and moral systems that shaped that era. The Tenth Stroke falls firmly into the latter category. Set in the Sulu Sea in 1825, N.A. Vane's novel examines a largely unfamiliar corner of maritime history, where raiding, ransom, slavery, colonial ambition, religious authority, ...