Michael Crichton 
Pirate Latitudes 

From one of the best-loved authors of all time comes an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World, a classic story of treasure and betrayal. ‘Fast-moving, gripping’ Daily Mail’Full of non-stop action, danger, thrills and blood’GUARDIANJamaica 1665. A lone British outpost in Spanish-controlled Caribbean waters. Its capital, Port Royal, a cutthroat town of taverns and bawdy houses – is the last place anyone would expect an attack to be launched on a Spanish stronghold. Yet that is the plan of renowned privateer Captain Charles Hunter and Charles II’s ruling governor, Sir James Almont.the target is the sheer-cliffed and impregnable Matanceros, guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla. Hunter’s ragtag crew of buccaneers must brave raging hurricanes, cannibals, sea monsters and the Spanish fleet, but if they succeed they will make history … and a fortune in gold.’Up there with the best of his work’ DAILY t ELEGRAPH