Pirate

DIRK PITT® ADVENTURES

Havana Storm
(with Dirk Cussler)

Poseidon's Arrow
(with Dirk Cussler)

Crescent Dawn
(with Dirk Cussler)

Arctic Drift
(with Dirk Cussler)

Treasure of Khan
(with Dirk Cussler)

Black Wind
(with Dirk Cussler)

Trojan Odyssey

Valhalla Rising

Atlantis Found

Flood Tide

Shock Wave

Inca Gold

Sahara

Dragon

Treasure

Cyclops

Deep Six

Pacific Vortex!

Night Probe!

Vixen 03

Raise the Titanic!

Iceberg

The Mediterranean Caper

SAM AND REMI FARGO ADVENTURES

Pirate
(with Robin Burcell)

The Solomon Curse
(with Russell Blake)

The Eye
of Heaven
(with Russell Blake)

The Mayan Secrets
(with Thomas Perry)

The Tombs
(with Thomas Perry)

The Kingdom
(with Grant Blackwood)

Lost Empire
(with Grant Blackwood)

Spartan Gold
(with Grant Blackwood)

ISAAC BELL ADVENTURES

The Gangster
(with Justin Scott)

The Assassin
(with Justin Scott)

The Bootlegger
(with Justin Scott)

The Striker
(with Justin Scott)

The Thief
(with Justin Scott)

The Race
(with Justin Scott)

The Spy
(with Justin Scott)

The Wrecker
(with Justin Scott)

The Chase

KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURES NOVELS FROM THE NUMA® FILES

The Pharaoh's Secret
(with Graham Brown)

Ghost Ship
(with Graham Brown)

Zero Hour
(with Graham Brown)

The Storm
(with Graham Brown)

Devil's Gate
(with Graham Brown)

Medusa
(with Paul Kemprecos)

The Navigator
(with Paul Kemprecos)

Polar Shift
(with Paul Kemprecos)

Lost City
(with Paul Kemprecos)

White Death
(with Paul Kemprecos)

Fire Ice
(with Paul Kemprecos)

Blue Gold
(with Paul Kemprecos)

Serpent
(with Paul Kemprecos)

OREGON
®
FILES

The Emperor's Revenge
(with Boyd Morrison)

Piranha
(with Boyd Morrison)

Mirage
(with Jack Du Brul)

The Jungle
(with Jack Du Brul)

The Silent Sea
(with Jack Du Brul)

Corsair
(with Jack Du Brul)

Plague Ship
(with Jack Du Brul)

Skeleton Coast
(with Jack Du Brul)

Dark Watch
(with Jack Du Brul)

Sacred Stone
(with Craig Dirgo)

Golden Buddha
(with Craig Dirgo)

NONFICTION

Built to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt

Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt

The Sea Hunters
(with Craig Dirgo)

The Sea Hunters II
(with Craig Dirgo)

Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed
(with Craig
Dirgo)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Cussler, Clive, author. | Burcell, Robin, author.

Title: Pirate : a Sam and Remi Fargo adventure / Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell.

Description: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2016] | Series: A Sam and Remi Fargo adventure

Identifiers: LCCN 2016027546 | ISBN 9780399183973 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Treasure troves—Fiction. | Man-woman relationships—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Action & Adventure. | FICTION / Suspense. | FICTION / Thrillers. | GSAFD: Murder fiction | Adventure fiction. | Suspense fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3553.U75 P543 2016 | DDC 813/.54—dc23

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International ISBN: 9780735211988

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1216

Norfolk, England

William the Marshal
—Earl of Pembroke, served King John.

Robert de Braose
—King John's knight-turned-traitor.

Hugh Fitz Hubert
—William the Marshal's trusted knight.

John de Lacy
—King John's guard.

King John
—King of England.

PRESENT DAY

Descendants of William the Marshal and Their Adversaries

Grace Herbert
—distant relative to Sir Edward Herbert.

Sir Edmund Herbert
—(fictional) illegitimate son of Edmund Mortimer, Second Lord Mortimer.

Hugh le Despenser
—rumored lover of Kind Edward II, adversary of Roger Mortimer.

Captain Bridgeman
—an alias for the pirate Henry Every, connected through family lineage to Hugh le Despenser.

Henry McGregor
—Grace Herbert's cousin, inherited Nottingham estate.

Pickering's Used & Rare Books

Gerald Pickering
—San Francisco bookseller, uncle to Bree Marshall.

Mr. Wickham
—Mr. Pickering's cat.

Bree Marshall
—Remi Fargo's employee in charge of fund-raising.

Larayne Pickering-Smith
—Bree's cousin, daughter of Gerald Pickering.

Robber
—later identified as Jakob “Jak” Stanislav.

Fargo Team

Sam Fargo

Remi (Longstreet) Fargo

Zoltán
—Remi's Hungarian-born German shepherd.

Selma Wondrash
—the Fargos' research assistant and go-to person.

Sandra
—flight attendant on the Fargo jet.

Professor Lazlo Kemp
—assists Selma with research, from Great Britain.

Pete Jeffcoat
—Selma's research assistant, Corden's boyfriend.

Wendy Corden
—Selma's research assistant, Jeffcoat's girlfriend.

Former DARPA Members

Ruben “Rube” Hayward
—case officer, CIA's Directorate of Operations.

Nicholas Archer
—owner of Archer Worldwide Security.

Avery Company

Charles Avery
—corporate raider and maritime salvager.

Colin Fisk
—head of Avery's security team.

Martin Edwards
—Avery's CFO.

Alexandra Avery
—Avery's wife.

Kipp Rogers
—Alexandra Avery's private investigator.

Winton Page
—Charles Avery's attorney.

Jak Stanislav
—one of Fisk's henchmen.

Marlowe
—Fisk henchman.

Ivan
—Fisk henchman.

Victor
—Fisk's new henchman.

Rogen
—Fisk's new henchman.

Scholars and Academics

Professor Ian Hopkins
—Arizona, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature.

Meryl Walsh, “Miss Walsh”
—curator, British Museum.

Madge Crowley
—librarian, King's Lynn.

Nigel Ridgewell
—King's Lynn tour guide, former professor/expert in Old English.

Professor Cedric Aldridge
—Nottingham University History Department.

Percival “Percy” Wendorf
—retired professor, Nottingham University.

Agatha Wendorf
—Wendorf's wife.

Restaurateurs, Hoteliers, and Travel Guides

SAN FRANCISCO

Mr. Bryant
—on-duty manager for Ritz-Carlton Hotel, San Francisco.

ARIZONA

Chef Marcellino Verzino
—owner of Marcellino Ristorante, Scottsdale.

Sima
—Verzino's wife.

JAMAICA

Melia
—waitress at restaurant, Jamaica.

Jay-Jay
—owner of biker bar, Jamaica.

Kemar
—car rental employee, Jamaica.

Antwan
—biker at Jay-Jay's bar.

Billy
—biker at Jay-Jay's bar.

BRAZIL

António Alves
—hired driver, university student, São Paolo, Brazil.

Henrique Salazar
—António Alves's uncle.

Captain Delgado
—captain of the
Golfinho
.

Nuno
—youngest crew member of the
Golfinho
.

Police Officers

Sergeant Fauth
—detective, Robbery Detail, San Francisco PD.

Sergeant Trevino
—Fauth's partner, SFPD.

Deputy Wagner
—Carteret County sheriff's deputy.