GM O'Connor

Biography

I’ve wanted to make movies since I saw King Kong in 1976. Then in 1979 a fictitious present giver left a small book in my stocking: The Star Trek the Motion Picture Photostory by Pocket Books (which I still have). A frame by frame graphic novel of the movie which started me writing and sketching my own ideas. Then when I was a teenager, I started working on a historical fiction story taking place in Port Royal, Jamaica in the 1600s, a time period and a climate I was much more comfortable in. I had compiled at least 6 series starting with the English conquest of Jamaica in 1655, all the way through and well into the 1700s, with the ambitious intention of bringing it to film and graphic novel – which it didn’t.

Decades later, a friend suggested I turn the old story into a graphic novel series – so I dusted cobwebs off the stack of pages and had another look. I really wished I’d numbered them. It was then, my friend MJL Evans mauled over the endless miles of scribbles and fell in love with the story and characters. Well, once I let her out of the trunk. MJ thought it deserved another go and felt that a series of eBooks may be the way to start. From my original (chaotic) scripts, she started writing what is now “The Pikeys,” though it takes place later in the series, it was a simpler place to start and features some of the characters she had invented. So, with some of my original characters, fictional and non-fictional, and new ones of hers and mine, we started “No Quarter.” The plan, we’d start with eBook novellas, hopefully graduating to a series of graphic novels, and even film or TV. Because ya never know, anything’s possible on this nut-farm planet.

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Books

No Quarter: Wenches - The Complete Series
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 164,260. Language: English. Published: November 10, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » General
Behind every successful pirate is a cunning wench! The adventures in the Caribbean continue in Port Royal, Jamaica.
No Quarter: Wenches - Volume 5
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 38,150. Language: English. Published: October 11, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
The Wheel of Terror comes to Port Royal! Pirates under Laurens de Graaf seize hostages and the standoff begins. Capitaine la Roche holds the waterfront, as his men are trapped in the city. Allegiances change and Lord Crisp stakes his claim on Port Royal and Atia, who intends to take a piece or two with her. The Freebooters take Church Street and the battle for the Brethren of the Coast begins.
No Quarter: Wenches - Volume 4
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 32,480. Language: English. Published: May 25, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Volume 4 of 5 begins with repercussions for the murder of Bartolomeo Portuguese, which ripples through the Brethren of the Coast. A secret network of women is formed deep beneath the Swiftsure Tavern in the Wenches’ Cauldron. Port Royal awaits the arrival of the Spanish Armada, while Laurens de Graaf’s buccaneers prepare to strike as tensions boil over in the wickedest city on earth.
No Quarter: Wenches - Volume 3
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 27,910. Language: English. Published: January 14, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Volume 3 of 5 starts with a bang in 1690 Port Royal and a new change in government. Dr. Strangewayes witnesses pirating and pillaging aboard Captain Kidd’s ship, Blessed William, which leads to a drug-fueled night at the White Rabbit Inn. While Capitaine la Roche is heartbroken by the loss of his comrade and his true love, Atia.
No Quarter: Wenches - Volume 2
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 34,070. Language: English. Published: September 26, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Historical » General
Volume 2 of 5 starts with Dr. Strangewayes who was pressed into service under Captain Kidd. Meanwhile, Atia Crisp, becomes a barmaid at the Swiftsure Tavern and learns the inner workings of the city. A secret union takes place while pirate Bleedin Art heads the battle against the French, and the townspeople celebrate a Merry Port Royal Christmas.
No Quarter: Wenches - Volume 1
Price: Free! Words: 33,850. Language: English. Published: June 28, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Historical » General
Volume 1 of 5 begins in 1689 Port Royal, Jamaica, where Atia Crisp is imprisoned, awaiting trial, while refugees from Strangewayes's plantation seek their new home. Guided by Capitaine la Roche, they face pursuit by the pirate hunter Big Dick and the perilous terrain of Bocas del Toro. Their future home of Sérénité hangs in the balance, complicated by the outbreak of war with France.
No Quarter: Dominium - The Complete Series
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 175,170. Language: English. Published: December 13, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Welcome to the wickedest city on earth...Ye All Are Warned – be gone if you abhor sex, foul language, crude humor, and beaky parrots. About this edition: this contains Volumes 1-6 and fifty unique illustrations by GM O'Connor and MJL Evans
No Quarter: Dominium - Volume 6
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 42,830. Language: English. Published: November 22, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Volume 6 of 6 marks the thrilling conclusion of the Dominium series. Danger looms over Dr. Strangewayes's Plantation when tension between the English and French becomes a reality. Plantation residents, including Atia Crisp and Capitaine la Roche, must prepare to find a new home before the battle for Jamaica begins.
No Quarter: Dominium - Volume 5
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 31,150. Language: English. Published: August 17, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Sea adventures, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Volume 5 of 6 begins as La Lune’s crew is incarcerated in Port Royal, strumpet Violante Hayze narrowly escapes the gallows and bribes are made. The refugees at Strangewayes’s plantation, including Atia Crisp and Capitaine la Roche, make the arduous trek through the Blue Mountains. Atia’s reunion with her family is joyous, yet short lived as an old enemy tracks her down.
No Quarter: Dominium - Volume 4
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 29,660. Language: English. Published: July 3, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Sea adventures, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Volume 4 of 6 begins as Port Royal suffers the aftermath of a destructive fire and a series of deaths. Intrigue unfolds with the public stabbing of a strumpet, new alliances and more betrayals. Atia Crisp, Capitaine la Roche and other refugees reach Dr. Strangewayes's plantation for some much needed respite, while the political stage heats up with the legalization of privateering and piracy.
No Quarter: Dominium - Volume 3
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 25,930. Language: English. Published: April 4, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » General
Volume 3 of 6 begins at the local fayre where enemies meet a shocking end and Capitaine la Roche follows a lead to find Livia, Atia’s sister. Betrayals lurk at every turn and a disastrous fire erupts leading to a punishing chase through the city. Will Atia and Capitaine la Roche make the escape from Port Royal to Dr. Strangewayes’s plantation? This episode has bite!
No Quarter: Dominium - Volume 2
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 22,980. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » General
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Volume 2 of 6 begins with the Whigs invading Port Royal. They are escorted by Captain Longstaff "Big Dick", who soon encounters the very seductive Violante Hayze. Atia and Capitaine la Roche remain at Cherry Red's brothel. Plans are made to poison enemies and soon a strange outbreak of "scarlet fever" occurs, stalling the local fayre that drives the city's money flow.
No Quarter: Dominium - Volume 1
Price: Free! Words: 25,380. Language: English. Published: December 18, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
(4.63 from 8 reviews)
Volume 1 of 6 begins in 1689 Port Royal, Jamaica with Atia Crisp and her sister Livia shipwrecked and sold into slavery. They are separated and Atia is used as a pawn in a deadly card game at the Swiftsure Tavern until she is liberated by Capitaine la Roche. Hunted at every turn, they take refuge at Cherry Red's Boutique and meet up with allies including the medication loving Dr. Strangewayes.