| One of 250 signed and numbered hardcovers, bound in a premium cloth and a different dust jacket design, with an exclusive portfolio section of piratical illustrations by Powers, as well as previously unpublished sketches by James Gurney.
"Join us," said the pirate captain Philip Davies, "wholly adopt our goals as your own, or be killed right now where you stand."
Puppeteer John Chandagnac, who was sailing to Jamaica to get revenge on the uncle who had stolen his father's inheritance, has no choice but to join the buccaneers who have taken him prisoner--and soon, known now as the pirate Jack Shandy, he finds himself learning to survive in a treacherous new world of cutlass-fights, sea-battles, and voodoo magic on sun-blinded tropical islands. The legendary Blackbeard is assembling a ruthless navy of pirates living and undead to voyage to the fabled Fountain of Youth, and Jack Shandy must use magic, swordsmanship, and even his puppeteer skills to free himself and the girl he has fallen in love with from Blackbeard's deadly supernatural domination. "This dark fantasy tale will appeal not just to pirate fans but also to
anyone who appreciates Powers's talent for blending the most unlikely
elements into a brilliantly cohesive whole." (Publishers Weekly Starred Review)
"As with any of his books, the
pages are crammed with neat concepts, dazzling invention, secret
history, exotic locales. It's no wonder this book is a modern classic:
after all, Powers revived and reinvented a genre defunct since
Sabatini's day." (Green Man Review) |
