The Yankee Rajah, or The Fate of the Black Shereef

The Yankee Rajah, Saul Belton, is a New Englander who rules over an island in the East Indies archipelago. His enemy is the Black Shereef, the commander of a fleet of Malay pirate boats that attack merchant vessels in Eastern waters. The pirate chief always wears a black mask and his identity is not revealed until the last chapter of this enthralling dime novel.