Looks at the true pirate adventures that inspired the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise through interviews with historians, weaponry experts, and others.

Emiline, who works for the wealthy Isiah Lovelock and dreams of the day when she can become a famous mousehunter, is thrilled when she gets the opportunity to go on a grand adventure in pursuit of the legendary pirate Mousebeard.

"Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, D.C. power broker, and she is a physician with a thriving practice. But behind the gilded fac̦ade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream of theirs--a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know, the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead. Half a world...

Leah goes on a treasure hunt.

A peg-legged youngster uses his bartering skills to trade for sails, anchors, a ship's wheel and other necessary supplies to fix their ship and make a friend in the process.

A 300-year-old legend. Fathoms below. And the search might kill them all... Days and nights in unforgiving seas. Stuck aboard a rundown trawler. Two crew he can't control. And a despicable owner that doesn't care to know their names. Not where Jed thought he'd be. But on the final turn, everything changes. Artifacts spill to the deck. Lost for centuries. An adventure from the Caribbean to the Cape unfolds. Relics linking to an astonishing, unfinished...

In a world of mermaids, spies, warriors and aristocrats, unlikely young allies Genevieve, warrior Koa, his sister Kaia and pirate-spy Alfie join forces to topple the Empire, which continues to expand through profits made from the blood of the Sea's daughters.

"As Tycho and his siblings continue to compete for the captain's chair of the Shadow Comet, they must work together to hunt for an old pirate treasure--a treasure that is tied to some long-buried family secrets"--

Sharp-eyed orphan Eliss and her half-brother make a new home on a river barge and clash with a teen assassin amid an escalating series of pirate attacks on riverside cities.