Launch Week Is Here!
It’s finally here—From Patriot to Pirate: The Outlaw Life of Sam Mason launches this week! Thank you to everyone who preordered, shared, […]
🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “Bamboo and Blood—When the Flag Waves for the Mob”
November 1, 2025 Back in my day, we flew a flag for freedom—at least that’s what we said. But for some folks, […]
Behind the Book
From Patriot to Pirate grew out of years of research into court records, eyewitness accounts, and military archives. Sam Mason’s story reveals […]
🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “Another Field, Another Lesson”
October 28, 1776 — Battle of White Plains After Harlem Heights, Washington thought he had a handle on New York. Then Howe […]
🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “When the King Falls, the Knives Come Out—The Splintering of Sinaloa”
October 24, at 2025 Every empire crumbles—some fast, some loud, and some in silence followed by screams. That’s what’s happening in Mexico. […]
Early Reviews & Preorders
Early readers are already calling From Patriot to Pirate “gripping,” “unputdownable,” and “real history with the pacing of a thriller.” Available for […]
USS Constitution Launched (October 21, 1797)
On this day, October 21, 1797, the USS Constitution slid into Boston Harbor for the first time—fortified with oak so thick, cannonballs […]
🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “No Flag, No Mercy—Romani Gangs and the Crime of Margins”
October 20, 2025 In my time, the worst crimes didn’t always come from kings or generals. Sometimes, they came from the folks […]
🏴☠️ Captain Mason’s Word of the Day: “Ashes”
October 16, 1777 — Burning of Kingston, New York While Burgoyne was bleeding at Saratoga, British troops under General Vaughan sailed up […]
Fact Is Stranger Than Fiction
Before cartels, before the mafia—there was Sam Mason. A Revolutionary War officer turned outlaw, Mason carved a bloody path along the Ohio […]
🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “The Day the Army Laid Down Arms”
October 17, 1777 — Burgoyne Surrenders at Saratoga You ever see an empire kneel? I didn’t witness it with my own eyes, […]
🏴☠️ Sam’s Take: “A Fleet of Rafts”
October 11, 1776 — Battle of Valcour Island Arnold again. Mad as ever, but cunning. On Lake Champlain, he threw together a […]