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The Ghostfaces (officially Brotherband: The Ghostfaces) is the sixth novel in the Brotherband series.

Blurb[]

When the Brotherband crew are caught in a massive storm at sea, they’re blown far off course and wash up on the shores of a land so far west that Hal can’t recognize it from any of his maps. Eerily, the locals are nowhere in sight, yet the Herons have a creeping feeling they are being watched. Suddenly the silence is broken when a massive, marauding bear appears, advancing on two children. The crew springs into action and rescues the children from the bear’s clutches, which earns them the gratitude and friendship of the local Mawagansett tribe, who finally reveal themselves. But the peace is short-lived. The Ghostfaces, a ruthless, warlike tribe who shave their heads and paint their faces white, are on the warpath once more. It’s been ten years since they raided the Mawagansett village, but they’re coming back to pillage and reap destruction. As the enemy approaches, the Herons gear up to help their new friends repel an invasion.

Characters[]

Hal Mikkelson is the genius inventor, navigator and the Skandian-Araluen skirl of the Heron and her Brotherband. Karina Mikkelswife is Hal’s mother, Mikkel Fastblade's widowed wife, Thorn's love interest and a released Araluen slave.

The Heron is… the ship Hal designed and the boys built. Thorn is an old, one-handed Skandian, their battle leader and Hal's surrogate father-figure. Stig Olafson is first mate and Hal’s best friend; Edvin is their combat medic, cook, and relief helmsman; Wulf and Ulf are the bickering twins who trim the sails; Stefan is a skilled mimic; Jesper has the skills of a thief; and, the very strong but once half-blind Ingvar is doing much better with the glasses Hal invented in Scorpion Mountain, 5. Lydia Demarek is the “sister” who joined them in The Invaders. Kloof is the dog they adopt in Slaves of Socorro, 4.

The Mawagansett are… a tribe led by Mohegas. Pacahan is his wife. His nephews are Tamorat and Hokas. Romanut is the battle leader. Simsinnet is a champion, hotheaded, warrior who is in love with Tecumsa. Minneka and Lahontas are the children whom the Herons save. Millika and Pillika are twins who love teasing Ulf and Wolf; Sagana; Tecumsa is a beautiful woman who captured Stig's heart, but was tragically killed and renamed Bird of the Forest, who laid out to rest.

Orvik Eelcatcher, a.k.a., Man Who Swims, was shipwrecked twelve years ago when a storm caught Arnulf Sharkfighter‘s Wolf Foot.

The Imsinnis Skassak, or the Ghostfaces, are… a brutal warrior tribe of natives from the north. Holds a Black Lance is their expedition leader with Crusher of Heads his second-in-command. Fist of Stone is a lead paddler in the Ghostfaces military.

Hallasholm, Skandia, is… home to Hal and the Brotherband. Erak Starfollower is their Oberjarl who has a fondness for the Herons. Svengal is his best friend and now the Captain of Wolfwind. Hannah Olafswife is Stig's loving mother, shamed since her husband's desertion, has been forced to perform menial labour to support herself and family.

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