1718: Puppeteer John Chandagnac has set sail for Jamaica to recover his stolen i
nheritance, when his ship is seized by pirates. Offered the choice to join the c
rew, or be killed where he stands, he decides that a pirate's life is better tha
n none at all. Now known as Jack Shandy, this apprentice buccaneer soon learns t
o handle a mainsail and wield a cutlass - only to discover he is now a subject o
f a Caribbean pirate empire ruled by one Edward Thatch, better known as Blackbea
rd.
A practitioner of voodoo, Blackbeard is building an army of the living an
d the dead, to voyage together to dreamlike lands where the Fountain of Youth aw
aits...
