Watch out Captain Jack Sparrow! There be a new pirate in town, and if ye be scouting for some great reading, you've just hit literary treasure with Captain Hawk, by Robert Marquiss. "The colonies of the New World were emerging," says Marquiss, "The fate of these continents and islands lay within the outcomes of the conflicts between the European countries and the pirates that sailed the seas." Mateys, landlubbers and scallywags - all are invited along on this swashbuckling sail through harrowing escapes, comic misadventures and light romance as they learn the legend of a pirate that isn't all that he purports to be -- but even that doesn't stop him. "This one's a good, fun read," says Marquiss. "If you're looking to laugh, be entertained and just want a great escape into a world of action and adventure, you're in for a real page turner." From its opening scenes where you'll find your hero in a stockade waiting to be hung, Captain Hawk is a cunning masterpiece of light-hearted villainy and revenge. With an unforgettable leading man that shows you the way -- his way -- his ship's log reveals rumors of a Templar treasure known only by a few unfortunate and unlikely souls. What happens next is what Captain Hawk himself is most skilled in telling: a good old-fashioned pirate's yarn. So avast, ye hearties! Pull up your boots, weigh anchor and brace yourself. This one's a carousing case-shot of legends and laughs -- and leagues of adventure.