My Dove on the Burning Sea

How a highly-motivated finger-smith liberates Larue Dove's purloined and violated biography then transmutes it into a golden goose, if not great art. A tale of spirited metamorphosis and neat hustle peppered with nimble but ill-advised elder fornication, enough to keep it believable.
Featuring hillbillies with bags of snakes, Floridiots, swashbuckling privateers, a deranged venture capital consortium, and a couple of incidences of what some might call cannibalism. Pie is celebrated, precious gems cause trouble and an orange shirt does time travel.