Wake Of The Perdido Star

by Gene Hackman and Dan Lenihan

Published 30 September 1999
Jack O'Reilly is a 17 year old New Englander who, in 1805, sails with his parents on the Perdido Star to Cuba to claim inherited land. But his parents are murdered and their land confiscated, reducing him to rejoin the Star as a crew member. His soul seared, Jack becomes the pirate "Black Jack".