In this second book of The West Indies Pirates series, a man seriously injured and feeling doomed, looks back on his last six months with regret for deciding to become a pirate. While he's losing blood after being run through the gut, he watches in vain as his crew fights an English Naval crew with superior numbers. This story takes place five years before Vengeance at Port Royal, where a younger Lieutenant Miles Thorpe has the occaision to cross swords with Captain Ike Wilcox, the main character of this book. Miles also crosses paths with Pierre Bisaillon for the first time, however he doesn't notice Pierre, but Pierre notices him, and doesn't forget Miles. This story is not about Miles though, but about Ike Wilcox's choice to become a pirate. This book does shed more light about Miles past. This is a story of seafaring men who chose to live their lives in a constant state of war against all who would oppose them. Adventurous rogues who lived by the sword and sailed the seas in tall wooden ships that both relied and were at the mercy of the wind and the sea. They lived in violent times and used violence to take from those who were unwilling or unprepared to oppose them. They were the terror of the seas. They were pirates Due to graphic depiction of violence and adult situations, parental discretion is advised