The Letter of Marque: A Novella about a Norwegian fisherman who wants to be a Privateer

The Willy Lauer series takes place during the Napoleonic Wars. Here you follow the brave hero Willy Lauer and his gifted heroine Raja Romanova on their adventures. In this book, The Letter of Marque, they meet a new obstacle. They need the government's license to attack and capture enemy vessels. Young fisherman Willy Lauer had been proud to sail into Fredrikshald with his first capture: the Swedish pleasure craft The Sea Lion, which he had managed to take in the most devious way thanks to his close friend Raja Romanova. Most of the citizens had shown up. It was quite the reception. But when Carsten Tank, the shipowner, opened his mouth to say: "Oh God, Willy. What is this nonsense?" with a horrified expression on his face, Willy Lauer realised that he had misunderstood. The grand celebration was for The Avenger of Wrath; not Willy's conquest, The Sea Lion. "Nonsense?" Willy said with a crooked smile. "Is that what you call this? Capturing a vessel." Tank laughed and shook his head. "Capturing, you say. Do you have a letter of marque?"