Meh. 
 While it WAS overall a halfway decent adventure story for adults, it suffered from a general dullness and never fully developed characters. It also kind of seemed like Crichton just started throwing typical "genre expected" stuff at the pages by the end (maybe he ran out of ideas or got overexcited?); it's like when you're at an ice cream bar and some dude has like EVERYTHING imaginable on his scoop and you can't even see what flavor ice cream is under it. Look, Crichton, you don't have to use EVERY piratey detail that pops into your head -- filter it a bit, buddy. 
 Of course, considering the man was dead and this was hacked off his computer, maybe this was just a first draft, so I really can't be TOO harsh.... 
 Very disappointed, though. I was really hoping for a good, highly enjoyable pirate story. Mostly I got good(ish) writing mixed with a dull tale. 
 Not recommended.