About the book: year / At the end of the 16th century, it became clear that the great European powers were too crowded on the continent. It was then that the real war for the metropolises in the Atlantic began. By the will of fate, the Caribbean islands found themselves on the path of the “road of gold and spices” and became a haven for scoundrels all over the world; pirates, corsairs, raiders and filibusters. One day, the young Englishman William Hart realized that he wanted to try Fortune. He is hired by the West India Company and goes to distant Barbados, unaware that from now on his life is firmly connected with the interests of great kings, brilliant spies and terrible pirates of the Caribbean. Contents: 1. Chasing a Ghost, or The Spanish Inheritance 2. The Dead Captain's Joke 3. Crystal Luck