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Scarface | Andre Norton
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Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton’s books have sold millions of copies worldwide. In Scarface, Andre Norton tells the story of a swashbuckling adventure with a pirate crew on the Spanish Main! The boy Scarface watched the lights of Tortuga dim as the Naughty Lass stood out for the open sea. The Spanish Main promised rich prizes for Captain Cheap and his pirate crew. And this time Cheap had set his sights high—for no less a prey than Sir Robert Scarlett, his lifelong enemy, and Her Majesty’s fleet at Bridgetown. His plan was daring. Muskets roared and swords flashed as redcoats and pirates fought savagely. The fate of Bridgetown hung in the balance—and with it the secret of Scarface’s true identity.
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Scarface | Andre Norton
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From early in Andre Norton's career (1948), this is a juvenile pirate adventure, featuring a cabin boy of unknown parentage, caught between the pirate captain who raised him and the British officer who just might save him from the gallows. It is of its time (tw for some casual racism that is probably historically accurate but still), and the prose is overly mannered especially for a juvenile, but the plot is packed with action and treachery.