New York: Ace Books, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1718 when Blackbeard was still terrorizing the Caribbean Sea, this is a "pirate adventure with a dazzling difference. [It] features Blackbeard, ghosts, voodoo, zombies, the fabled Fountain of Youth and more swashbuckling action than you could shake a cutlass at, as reluctant buccaneer John Shandy braves all manner of peril, natural and supernatural, to rescue his ensorcelled love. Nominated for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards, this is the book that inspired the motion picture Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." SIGNED by Powers on both the title page and the front flap on the dust jacket. 312 pp. Dust jacket art by James Gurney. ISBN: 0-441626831.