It's 1300BC in the Aegean Sea and Ursa is captain of the merchant ship Isis.
The URSA Stories
- by Robert Rhys -
It's 1300BC in the Aegean Sea and Ursa is captain of the merchant
ship Isis.
Meet Ursa. Her name means "bear" and she's 5'-5" and 180lbs of solid bone and muscle. A terror in a tunic (though shown without one here), she's infamous for her rib-cracking bear hugs; and those arm punches, it's just her way of saying "hello".
Ursa is a Mycenaean Age female sea captain who inherited her father's ship and with her Nubian partner and first mate, Rehena, another muscle chick, trades and raises Hades on the Mediterranean Sea in the years just before the Trojan War.
Ursa Stories
The
Cargo of Lead
In
this first of a series, Ursa has the good fortune taking on a
cargo of lead at a very good fee, but the easily won cargo turns
out to be more than she bargained for.
The
Island
Ursa
becomes dismasted in a storm and chances upon a mysterious island
where she has encounters of an unearthly kind.
Special
Wine
Ursa
meets a mighty Valkyrie from the Northlands and imbibes in a new
drink.
Ursa's World
The Mycenaean Age and Ancient
Seafaring
Could
Ursa have Existed?
Here
are some thoughts on whether such a person could have actually
existed.
Ursa's
World and Ancient Ships
Get
a feel for the age in which she lived and learn a little about
her world and ancient ships and the sea.
Ancient
World Sailors and The Sea
How
far did they travel? What did they know? Some of my own ideas on
seafaring in Mycenaean times.
