Port Royal, Jamaica

Tucked away on the beautiful southern coast of sunny Jamaica lies today the remains of the historic city of Port Royal or Cayo de Carena, as the Spaniards called it. To the known world of the 17th century, Port Royal was known as "the wickedest city on earth."

On June, 1962, more than half of the city, by then the most prosperous English city in the region, went under the sea following the devastating earthquake which also claimed the lives of two thousand people and injured another two thousand. Whether its "wickedness", was responsible for its demise no one can say for sure. However, what we do know was the fact that Port Royal was haven for many people: pirates, privateers, drunkards, murderers, whoremongers, slave traders, gamblers, and even the infamous privateer Sir Henry Morgan.

Port Royal became a den for undesirables to unleash their terror both on land and at sea. Countless stories continue to this day about Port Royal. This novel will take you back in time and provide you with an insight you would never have imagined.

The Jamaican government is now trying to reconstruct the historic city to make it a major tourist attraction and cruise shipping port. If, and when you visit, this novel is the perfect souvenir.