Long John Silver & the Pirates #31

Long John Silver sails into Evil Island seeking repairs and supplies, only to find the notorious pirate Beau Ravel holding a British consul and his daughter for ransom they can't pay. When Silver's conscience won't allow the pair to suffer at Ravel's hands, he offers them sanctuary aboard his ship—but escaping the island proves far more dangerous than negotiating with a softhearted buccaneer. A tense naval clash and a pre-dawn gamble test whether Silver's crew can outrun a vengeful enemy fleet.

Long John Silver sets his sights on an Aztec fortune when a rescued English seaman reveals the location of a golden idol's crown—but the Spanish conquistador Count Bernardo de Demas and his men are already hunting the same treasure. Silver and his crew race across treacherous terrain in a thrilling battle against their European rivals, where alliances with the local Aztec people prove as valuable as cutlasses and muskets.

After two months prowling empty seas, Long John Silver's crew spots a sail off Cuba and gives chase—only to discover the vessel is commanded by a woman whose own mutinous men refused to serve under her after her father's death. When Silver's pirates seize the ship and its cargo, the captain finds herself facing an unexpected dilemma: the rough seafarers under his command are being thoroughly disarmed by the charm of their captives, and sentiment threatens to undermine the entire crew's devotion to piracy.

When Wyeth Heron runs up a crushing gambling debt, he hatches a desperate scheme to steal the King's tax money and frame the notorious Captain Kidd for the crime—but Kidd, assisted by his crew, uncovers the truth and confronts the real villain. With an innocent man's reputation hanging in the balance and Lady Frances Lackland's fate bound up in the deception, Captain Kidd must turn the tables on a coward who thought he could use a pirate's name as cover for murder.