“Crichton’s ultimate adventure.” — San Francisco Chronicle   “ Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action….A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure.” — USA Today   “Riveting….Great entertainment….The pages and minutes fly by.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer   #1 New York Times bestselling author, the incomparable Michael Crichton (“One of the great storytellers of our age” — Newsday ) takes to the high Caribbean seas for an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates, lost treasure, sword fights, duplicity, and hair-breadth escapes in the New World. The Caribbean, 1665. Port Royal, Jamaica is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. For Captain Charles Hunter, there’s a living to be made, and gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad is awaiting repairs in a nearby, heavily fortified, harbor. Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy island and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in 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 . . . With all the suspense that readers have come to expect from one of the best-loved authors of all time, Pirate Latitudes is an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World, a classic story of treasure and betrayal. Michael Crichton  (1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novels  The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear,   Next and  Dragon Teeth , among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directed  Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway ,  Looker ,  Coma  and created the hit television series  ER . Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year. Daniel H. Wilson  is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse  and its sequel  Robogenesis , as well as ten other books. He recently wrote the  Earth 2: Society  comic book series for DC Comics. Wilson earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon. John Bedford Lloyd's film credits include Philadelphia, The Abyss, and Crossing Delancy and he has made numerous television appearances on shows such as Law & Order, Spin City and The Equalizer.