The Logbooks of Admiral Jake book edition

Fantasy adventure

The Logbooks of Admiral Jake

Featuring the Origin of Matey and the Mighty Sailors

A quest through mystical realms, dangerous voyages, and the stories that chart a reader’s hunger for adventure.

About the book

A voyage across the seen and unseen.

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In a world of pirates, magic, supernatural beings, and perilous voyages, a mysterious logbook records events as they unfold. The Logbooks of Admiral Jake follows Matey, her brother Buck, and an unlikely band of companions as a pirate raid sends them toward danger, discovery, and a battle between good and evil. Their quest reaches across realms and realities, asking what stories can reveal about destiny, courage, and the worlds people make together. It is an expansive adventure with sea-worn mystery at its heart.

For readers who relish mythic quests, high-seas adventure, classic fantasy, and imaginative world building.

Made to be read and kept

A quest worth risking everything for.

A sweeping fantasy adventure for readers who love sea-worn mystery, unlikely companions, and a world larger than the map suggests.

  • An epic fantasy adventure of pirates, magic, and perilous voyages
  • A quest shaped by mystery, courage, and moral choice
  • For readers who return to classic mythic journeys

Critical reception

“An immersive conclusion to an exciting book in which new realities are created, shifted, and realigned.”

Klay Dyer, Foreword Clarion Reviews, 4/5

“The Logbooks of Admiral Jake demands attention, rewards introspection, and offers something rare in the genre: a genuine sense of spiritual mystery and moral mythos.”

E. V. Marlowe, The Young Mythographer Reader, 5/5

“Nappa makes it clear he did his homework, and his prowess with language is in full display in this genuinely fun YA novel.”

The 2020 BookLife Prize, 5/5

The Story Behind the Series

For many years I dreamed of what a real adventure journey into regions unknown might look like if it exceeded even our wildest hopes. Inspired by C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and a disappointing Amazon Expedition broadcast, I began imagining a wildly mystical journey brimming with secrets, dangers, and life-changing truths.

Over time, that seed became The Logbooks of Admiral Jake: a now popular tale of love, loss, wonder, and the search for purpose in the realms of life and spirit. These pages will turn you into a double-realm rover, as they have countless other readers before you.

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