Madame Ching

Madame Ching is introduced to the reader in Return to West World, the second novel in The West World Trilogy.  She is a notorious pirate captain known throughout the solar system.  Many starship captains cringe at the sound of her name.  Other than being from the planet of Auri-Entel, not much is known about Madame Ching.  That is, until Maria Shallowhorne - taken hostage by this pirate - realizes that she has a very familiar face . . .

I'm sorry that I can't tell you much more about Madame Ching, because it would spoil several plot points.  However, she is based on an actual Chinese female pirate named Madame Ching.  The real Madame Ching took over as captain of her ship when her husband was killed.  She was also a two-bladed fighter.  These aspects were included in my fictional Madame Ching.