A unique coming-of-age story about friendship, faith, and survival. Shocking the British aristocracy, wealthy landowner Stede Bonnet suddenly abandons his plantation in Barbados, buys a ship, hires a crew of cutthroats, and turns to a life of pirating. After the unexpected death of his mother, Aaron finds himself working in the galley of Bonnet's new boat-the Revenge-and living in constant fear: not only for the lives of Bonnet's victims, but for his own, as well, for it's becoming apparent with each passing day that Bonnet knows nothing about pirating, and his incompetence is jeopardizing...