Book excerpt: Ahoy there, shipmates Katt Cutlass here Join me in a tale of seafaring skulduggery with all the action and adventure you could wish for. There are pirates - pathetic ones, mind you, like Sloppy Sal and Gloomy Gus. I'll tell you, it's a miracle our ship, the Skinny Sue, stays afloat with that scurvy bunch at the helm.