Sold in the Slave Market of Algiers -- From Able Seaman to Feminized Slave The Tale of Jacob West

Wispy, blond-haired, Jacob West found work on his uncle’s merchant ship Mercury, after his father was killed, leaving him and his mother destitute. He was twenty-one, a grown man, but had a smooth, pretty face and slim body, that was more suited for a young lady in the city. But Jacob was the first out of his hammock when all hands was called, forced himself to climb the rigging without looking down, never complained about the lack of sleep or nonstop calls to work the sails, and kept his mouth shut unless he was asked a question. The kicks, blows with a rope’s end, and insults stopped after the first week, when he carried on instead of complaining. By the end of the second week, his messmates were saving his biscuit and salt-pork if he was last-man-down the mainmast. By the end of his first month, they treated him like one of their own. Blown off course by a mistral off Italy, Mercury loses her convoy and Royal Navy escort. She is attacked by Barbary pirates and the crew taken prisoner. Jacob brings a fine price in the slave market of Algiers. Limited to only four wives, rich men of Algiers buy feminine looking slaves, and keep them for entertainment. Jacob realizes his only chance for survival and escape, is to use his guile and charms to please Ismail Abdullah. He is befriended by an English woman, herself a slave, who teachers him to cope with the guilt that tars his conscience. Exposed to nonstop stimulation in the harem and denied relief, he remains in a constant state of frustration and longing, as he waits for the opportunity to escape. A 14,000 word novella.