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. The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease - or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on foreign shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure. . . .
'Fast-moving and gripping, this is a read-it-in-one-go adventure' Daily Mail
Praise for Michael Crichton:
'A gripping, impeccably researched thriller...we don't get much politically engaged fiction these days. Here is a fine example' Evening Standard
'Exciting...a master storyteller' Sunday Telegraph
'Terrific fun. The pages whip by' Independent
'Intelligent, readable and guaranteed to get the grey matter going' Mirror
'One of the most ingenious, inventive thriller writers around... another high-concept treat...written in consummate page-turning style...fascinating' Observer
'Mixing cutting-edge science with thrills and spills, this is classic Crichton' Daily Mirror
Praise for Michael Crichton:
'A gripping, impeccably researched thriller...we don't get much politically engaged fiction these days. Here is a fine example' Evening Standard
'Exciting...a master storyteller' Sunday Telegraph
'Terrific fun. The pages whip by' Independent
'Intelligent, readable and guaranteed to get the grey matter going' Mirror
'One of the most ingenious, inventive thriller writers around... another high-concept treat...written in consummate page-turning style...fascinating' Observer
'Mixing cutting-edge science with thrills and spills, this is classic Crichton' Daily Mirror