When he and his crew finally return to Port Royal the situation is not as they had hoped.Īdmittedly, at the first sighting of the sea monster all I could think was, oh crap, this is turning into some weirdo sci-fi gig. In the course of the narrative, Hunter and his crew are captured, there is sword fighting, cannonball fire, sinking ships, treasure, sea monsters, cannibals, oh my. At the behest of Almont he gathers together a crew and they set off to capture a seemingly uncapturable Spanish treasure ship. Enter Hunter, a well respected privateer with a small sloop. Almont hears that on the trip to Jamaica the people aboard the Godspeed saw a Spanish galleon at anchor in the bay of Spanish controlled island. A merchant ship arrives in the bay carrying Almont’s new secretary, Hacklett, his wife, and group of female English convicts meant to be wives for the men on the island. The difference between the two is all semantics. In this colony privateering is a completely acceptable profession, but pirating will get a guy hung. The governor, Sir James Almont, is on his way to attend the hanging of a man convicted of being a pirate. The book starts in 1665 in Port Royal, Jamaica. Whatever it was, it made for a really good read. I don’t know if it was the plot, the descriptions, or a combination of the two that made me want to be there. These weren’t Disneyfied pirates, they were womanizing killers and thieves. I wanted to be a pirate in the 17th century. You know how some books make you want to hop in your time machine and in this case your sex-change machine and be the main character in the book? Or even a supporting character? I totally wanted to do that. I must have been in the mood for some pirates, sea monsters, cannibals, and corrupt government officials. Maybe it was on some Kindle list? New releases? All I know is that unlike most of the things I buy (I am a total Kindle Hoarder, like what are they going to do stop selling certain books? Are the digital versions going to sell out? Jesus, get a grip) I read this right away. What led me to Pirate Latitudes? I honestly have no idea. So yeah, I have never seen Jurassic Park, sue me. ER was the only acquaintance I had with him and it was years and years ago when I watched that. Completely missed it, but then that may be because I have read absolutely nothing that he has written. A quick scan of Wikipedia tells me that this happened in November of 2008. Not really sure where I have been, but as it turns out Michael Crichton has died.

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