Crichton, Michael  
  
  
    The Caribbean
 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown
 the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal
 its capital
 is a cutthroat town of taverns
 grog shops
 and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made
 a living that can end swiftly by disease - or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter
 gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking
 and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad
 fresh from New Spain
 is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified
 the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla
 a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally
 Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad
 along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend
 and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on foreign shores
 where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure...