Buccaneers #20

Captain Daring races to recover a lost royal charter from the depths of a treacherous reef, but the sunken wreck guards a far stranger mystery—a creature of the deep that emerges to block his path. With his mate Patch fighting for survival against the thing's talons and enemies closing in from above, Daring must navigate both the perils beneath the waves and a sinister plot to keep the charter lost forever.

Eric Falcon arrives at Venture Island just as a royal treasure ship limps into harbor with pirate damage, and the anxious Governor mistakes him for a spy—landing both Eric and a disguised Fortuna in the dungeon when Red Ruthven's marauding fleet attacks the town. When the fighting moves inland, Eric and Fortuna escape their chains and seize a chance to strike back at the raiders occupying the captured treasure ship, using cunning and boldness to turn the tide against overwhelming odds.

Black Roger infiltrates the Barbary corsair stronghold to hunt down Jaril the Renegade, a ruthless pirate whose raids on defenseless settlements have gone unchecked for too long. When Roger is captured and brought before Jaril's ruler as a prize of war, he must use cunning and combat skill to survive brutal trials and fight his way toward the harbor. Will the legendary pirate hunter find his escape route before the full force of the corsair court closes in?