Shanghaied is the first book in The Olympians Series, a new historical fiction novel series set in the 1870's, in a wild and untouched corner of the country - the Olympic Peninsula in Washington Territory. Based on the real-life legends and tales from the early days of western settlement in the Pacific Northwest, this epic series follows a diverse cast of characters as they struggle for survival and happiness in the lawless "Far West". Love, power, revenge, betrayal, death, and rebirth shape this raw land and it's people as the modern world grows up rapidly around it. Discover the wild and mysterious land of logger-barons, old-growth giants, powerful Native Spirits, pirating crimps, and murderous wild men.