Action and adventure on land and sea-you can't ask for more. But Robert Kurson raises the ante in Pirate Hunters with an array of mystery and a fleet of colorful characters spanning four centuries. This is a great summer read!

There were a billion lights out there on the horizon and I knew that all of them put together weren't enough to light the darkness in the hearts of some men.

I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.

Any writer would rather dig into character than dig into fancy plots.

Can't complain because nobody listens.

I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.

It's only a wonderful world if you can make it that way. There are no street signs pointing to Paradise Road.