If honor amongst thieves is true, what can be said about honor amongst pirates? For one pirate captain forming a new band of buccaneers, honor amongst his pirate brothers is a matter of life or death. The Bloody Hag, a cold ghastly devise, was created from Captain Higgins Redbone's imagination for one purpose only-to bring new blood pirates worthy of the honor of wearing the mark upon their wrist into the fold. From the Tortugas to Port Royal to Cartagena, the reputation of the Iron Born Pirates proceeds them, until they are wanted not only by governments of France, Spain and England, but also by every other band of pirates in the Caribbean. From outwitting another band of pirates on Tortuga to holding for ransom a beautiful French aristocrat, the Iron Born pirates ...