Once again, we shall have to operate not only outside the box, but outside the room containing the box.

He found Pendergast's cool gaze on him, and he fidgeted. He'd forgotten about those eyes. They made you feel like you had just been stripped of your secrets.

Pirate Hunters is a fantastic book, an utterly engrossing and satisfying read. It tells the story of the hunt for the rare wreck of a pirate ship, which had been captained by one of the most remarkable pirates in history. This is a real-life Treasure Island, complete with swashbuckling, half-crazy treasure hunters and vivid Caribbean settings-a story for the ages.

The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid.

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

The Monster’s crimes were so horrific that a mere man could not possibly have committed them. Satan, in the end, had to be invoked.

One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large.