You know that crusty gunfighter of Western fiction that we all know and love? The man who spent his life in the wild places living on his wits and his quick draw. A man who could track his quarry across solid rock and never lose the trail. Well, this ain't him. Quinton Polaski is a strange name for a Western hero but then Quint isn't your average hero. We meet him in his rough and woolly days backing down to no man. Living on the edge until he meets a girl. 20 years later he has become like most of us, settled down and married with two children. Then he's drawn back into the life he left...

The story of John Archer BritishPrisoner, Pirate, Pioneer, Pimp, and Patriot Follow Archer from escaping a debtor's fate while being transported to the Caribbean for seven years. He escapes sure death in the cain fields byvolunteering as a seaman serving on a British Man-o'-War. Treated brutally, John Archer deserts, vowing to get revenge. A pirate ship picks him up. Joining the pirates is his only alternative, cheating death once again. Archer moves up in the ranks as he accumulates power. His pirate band wreaks havoc on the Spaniards' and British flotillas, and plunders their women....