"A Ravelled Flag", by Julia Jones

Julia Jones owns and sails Arthur Ransome’s ketch Peter Duck.

"A Ravelled Flag" is Part Two of her original ‘Strong Winds’ trilogy, set on and around the Orwell estuary in Suffolk.

‘The third flag – Anna’s resplendent dragon on its rippling black background – had been slashed to tatters … What did pirates do anyway? In real life and the twenty-first century?’ 

In "A Ravelled Flag" Donny Walker and his Allies – Anna, Xanthe, Maggi and Luke – come dangerously close to finding out. Their adventures take them to semi-derelict docklands, up the deserted and beautiful River Stour and onwards to Britain’s most easterly point. This is a winter story, dark and suspense-filled, a gripping sequel to "The Salt-Stained Book".

Parts One and Three, "The Salt-Stained Book" and "Ghosting Home", are also available, as is the complete series of 7 books.