Pirate Latitudes

By: Michael Crichton

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

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....

Pirate Latitudes is Michael Crichton at his best: a rollicking adventure tale pulsing with relentless action, crackling atmosphere, and heart-pounding suspense.

©2009 Michael Crichton (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

Pirates! Don't be so serious!

This is a great pirate yarn, with all the fixins -battles! hurricanes! sea monsters! bloody murders! wenches! double crossing! This story is Homeric. MC had fun writing it and you can have fun reading it if you stay in a margarita frame of mind. The narrator sounds a little like Mr. Worf, so I just pictured Mr. Worf reading this on the Enterprise several hundred years from now. Have fun with this book!

Pirate Latitudes

An excellent book with an interesting epilogue, seems like some of it was based in fact. One chapter was dissappointingly...far-fetched with respect to an encounter with a sea-monster, but then again the sailors of the time commonly reported such things. Never-the-less, it was a brilliant story that kept me totally into it throughout.

Well read, Good story, okay writing

it isn't engrossing. But it is entertaining, which is what you want from a pirate book.

Pirate Adventure

A great pirate adventure and a fantastic story. If you like pirate this is a must read.

I enjoyed listening.

I really enjoyed listening to this story. it had just enough real world events to have me believe this could have actually happened. I have a fascination with pirates and privateers, so I went into this with some fore knowledge of real life piracy to know that the story is historically accurate. I recommend this story for the casual pirate enthusiast.

lots of fun

This is not a story for anyone looking for romance, or deep concepts. It is a little slow to start but very fast paced once it gets going, and is full of action and just pirate stuff. Give it a shot.

pirate latitudes

this was a great book, adventure, read extremely well,

Swashbuckling at its finest

Awesome story! Great swashbuckling tale that has it all! A high sea's adventure with white knuckle naval battles! a must read... listen lol

Great Far Fetched Story By a Wordsmith

Love the setting, the content, the period and the writer. If you like Pirates you will love this book.

I just like reading Crichton...

I'm never disappointed in Crichton, I can always count on an interesting read. This is no exception.