On Stranger Tides (1988, first edition)

Tim Powers' novel, the basis of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film

Author

Tim Powers

Publisher

Grafton, London, 1988

Printing Details

First UK edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 16cm, 352pp.

1718: Puppeteer John Chandagnac has set sail for Jamaica to recover his stolen inheritance, when his ship is seized by pirates. Offered the choice to join the crew, or be killed where he stands, he decides that a pirate's life is better than none at all. Now known as Jack Shandy, this apprentice buccaneer soon learns to handle a mainsail and wield a cutlass—only to discover he is now a subject of a Caribbean pirate empire ruled by one Edward Thatch, better known as Blackbeard. A practitioner of voodoo, Blackbeard is building an army of the living and the dead, to voyage together to search for the ultimate prize: the legendary Fountain of Youth.

This novel was the basis of the fourth instalment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Condition

A good copy. The dustwrapper is in good condition but a little knocked at the top of the spine. The book has tanned pages and fairly heavy foxing to the pages' top edge. However, it remains in strong readable condition.