The Weird History Podcast

The Weird History Podcast


236 Piracy in the South China Sea with Rita Chang-Eppig

May 11, 2023

By all reasonable metrics Shek Yeung, who raided the South China Sea in the early 1800s, is one of the most successful pirates of all time. In her new novel Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea author Rita Chang-Eppig tells a fictionalized version of the pirate queen’s life, her rise to power, and her relationship with powers both temporal and spiritual.