But it's action-movie sex and violence: flashy, without repercussions or remorse. There's a gruesome killfest extravaganza near the conclusion that neatly ties up all the loose ends. Eager maidens are disrobed and bedded down without much effort. Sailors get shot in the head, blood gushes, brains splatter. The rapid-fire adventure is also salted generously with sex and violence. Or, rather, Sea Monsters! In this book cover image released by HarperCollins, \"Pirate Latitudes\" by Michael Crichton is shown.
Once the main story sets sail, Crichton jumps from one spectacular adventure to another without pause, drawing a straight line from the crew's capture and escape to the theft of the treasure ship, the ensuing chase and the sea battle - followed, of course, by the requisite hurricane, then cannibals and sea monsters. Maybe English gentlemen of the time actually used ground earthworms to keep their hair from turning white, or used powdered rabbit's head as toothpaste, or treated gout with the oil of a red-haired dog. Crichton, who usually takes some scientific research or historical fact as a jumping-off point, probably has some solid stuff in this book about sailing, piracy and 17th-century mores.
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