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Zusatztext "The plot sucks you in like the giant kraken monster that nearly sinks our hero's galleon." Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext “A lusty, rollicking seventeenth-century adventure. . . .History as entertainment.”— USA Today 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. Pirate Latitudes is Michael Crichton at his best: a rollicking adventure tale pulsing with relentless action, crackling atmosphere, and heart-pounding suspense. “Crichton’s great talent was writing books that were virtually impossible to put down. . . . Pirate Latitudes is no exception.”— Entertainment Weekly “Crichton’s ultimate adventure.”— San Francisco Chronicle Zusammenfassung “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. ...
