Monday, November 2, 2009

Giveaway: Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton


From one of the best-loved authors of all time comes an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World, a classic story of treasure and betrayal.

The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses.

In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease—or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it.

Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on foreign shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure. . . .

Pirate Latitudes is Michael Crichton at his best: a rollicking adventure tale pulsing with relentless action, crackling atmosphere, and heart-pounding suspense.

~Synopsis from the publisher


Harper Collins has generously provided two copies for me to give away! To enter, leave me a comment here. The winner must have a US or Canada mailing address and will be drawn at random. Enter through midnight eastern on November 20th. Below are some ways for you to earn extra entries. Please leave ONE comment for each thing you choose to do. You can combine your comments together if you like but please do not leave multiple comments for the same extra thing (for example, one comment if you fave at Technorati or subscribe via Feedburner, not three). Anyone who already follows, subscribes, or has faved at Technorati still gets the extras, just mention it in your comment! Thank you for visiting and entering!

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98 comments:

A Bookshelf Monstrosity said...

Ooh! Great giveaway. Please include me.

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bermudaonion said...

I would love to win this! My whole family loves Michael Crichton's work.

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Jessica ( frellathon ) said...

Who wouldn't love to win this book. Please count me in for the giveaway. Thanks.

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Julie said...

Please please please enter me! I would love a chance to win this one!

I'm also a follower!

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SusanB said...

I think Michael Crichton is a great author and love his books.
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holdenj said...

I was so glad to hear there was one last story left...I'll miss some of his imagination, that's for sure.
Thanks for the chance to win.

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brokenteepee said...

Sounds very interesting.
Thanks
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Laura's Reviews said...

Michael Crighton and Pirates - wow, please enter me!

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Laura's Reviews said...

I am a follower.

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Unknown said...

I would love to enter. Sounds like a great book to enjoy this winter while I'm curled up by the fire. Thanks.

Unknown said...

I'm a blog follower.
Thanks.

rubynreba said...

This looks so good! Thanks!
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Unknown said...

Michael Crichton is one of my favorite authors and I try to read every one of his books. Please enter me into this giveaway. Thanks

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Celticlady's Reviews said...

Please include me
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Unknown said...

I am excited to read this book Please enter me
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Riva said...

Looks like another great Crichton book. Please enter me.

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MurderMysteryMayhem said...

Would love a chance!

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Pam said...

Blimey, I've loved pirates since seeing Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean!

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Anonymous said...

I'd love to read this. Please add my name to the hat.

Thank you!

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Becca said...

Please enter me!

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Linda said...

I haven't read a Crichton novel in years. Would love to win this one.

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lag123 said...

I would LOVE to read this. Please enter me.

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I tweeted. @lag32583

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Zibilee said...

Wow, tons of great giveaways over here this week! Please enter me in this one as well, and thanks so much for hosting it!

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I am also a follower of your blog.

Anonymous said...

I haven't read Michael Crichton in a long time. I'd love to read this book. Thanks for the possibility.

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mabelilly28 said...

I love Crichton's work! Thanks for this giveaway!

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I am a Google follower

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I subscribe via e-mail!

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Dawn M. said...

Oooo, this sounds really good. Count me in, please!

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I subscribe with google reader.

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Gwendolyn B. said...

I've been waiting for this . . .

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Beth F said...

No need to enter me, I just got it. But I think it looks really good.

brizmus said...

I <3 Michael Chrichton

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Anonymous said...

My husband and I would both love this. I subscribe through Google reader.

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Kat Bryan said...

This sounds like an action-packed book.
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Bridget said...

Just posted this on Win A Book. No need to enter me in the contest.

KayeDean said...

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Anonymous said...

Looks like a great book. Please enter me to win!

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Mozi Esme said...

Would love to read this!
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Sarah E said...

Please enter me in this giveaway!

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Beth (BBRB) said...

This looks great! Please enter me!

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Marie said...

I really want to read this one!

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Anonymous said...

Please count me in...

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Unknown said...

I've read several of Crichton's books but not for many years! I would love to win this book and delve into another exciting adventure of his! Thank you for another great giveaway!

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Sandra K321 said...

I haven't seen this one before; sounds good.
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ninefly said...

oh yay pirates! I'd love to read this!

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Sue said...

I'd love to have this!! Thanks for sharing.

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Carol W. said...

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Gwendolyn B. said...

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Reading said...

Please count me in. Thanks for the giveaway.

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Anonymous said...

I commented in a previous entry, but I am so excited, I just became a follower. +1

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ccqdesigns said...

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Stacey Brucale said...

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(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

great giveaway; i am a follower.

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Anonymous said...

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Alyce said...

I would be thrilled to win this!

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Anita Yancey said...

It's been a while since I read one of Crichton's books. But this one sounds really good, and I'd love to read it. Please enter me. Thanks!

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Jem said...

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Reading said...

Please include me. Thanks,

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Marla Warren said...

It’s highly appropriate that Pirate Latitudes is being featured on a literary travel blog.

Michael Crichton’s autobiography Travels contains a chapter titled “Jamaica” in which he tells of a Christmas vacation in 1982 with a woman named Terry. Most of the chapter is about their relationship breaking up, but on pp. 268-269 Crichton writes:

“Before we left Jamaica, I wanted to go to Spanish Town in the south, where I had learned there was a new museum of early Jamaican artifacts. For many years I had been working on a book about seventeenth-century Jamaica, and now I wanted to visit this museum.”

Now I think it’s very probable that the book Crichton mentioned was a novel, as nearly all Crichton’s books have been novels. And from what I know of the history of Jamaica and the Caribbean, it is unlikely that the book would not involve pirates given their significance and centrality to Jamaica in the 1600s. This could be evidence that Pirate Latitudes was in the works at least 30 years ago.

And in 1970, Crichton (under the name John Lange) published a mystery thriller, Grave Descend, which takes place in Jamaica in modern times. That novel, which was republished in 2006, reflects a thorough knowledge of the island and includes a historical reference to Jamaica’s pirate history on p. 124.

I wrote about this giveaway on my blog Musings on Michael Crichton:

Win a copy of Pirate Latitudes!

But I don’t need to be entered in the contest. I work for a bookstore and have a nice employee discount. I am happy to notify my blog’s readers of this contest, and to also fave this delightful blog at Technorati on its own merits.

The Tome Traveller said...

Awww, thanks Marla! I have really enjoyed all of Michael Crichton's books and am really looking forward to this one!

Marla Warren said...

You can listen to a six and a half minute audio sample of the first chapter of Pirate Latitudes.

Even better is the 56-page "browse inside" preview from Harper Collins.

Jen - devourer of books said...

Like Kathy, my whole family loves Crichton's work, so I'd love to win this.

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Aimee said...

I love Micheal Crichton; I'm right in the middle of rereading Jurassic Park. Please count me in. Thanks!
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Katy said...

:-D I'm so excited I came across your giveaway! I've been eagerly waiting for this book to come out!

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Amanda said...

Thanks! I'm a follower too.

And I like pirates :)

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CherylS22 said...

Interesting book - please enter me!
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I already follow
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Icedream said...

I love Crichton but now I'm on a book spending freeze so I have to enter giveaways to try for the books I really want to read. Thanks for a chance at this one!
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Belinda M said...

Please include me in your giveaway


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I would like to win this book! Thanks for the chance.

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Marla Warren said...

I purchased my copy of Pirate Latitudes as soon as my bookstore opened on Tuesday. I'm up to p. 145 and am enjoying myself thoroughly.

Here are the video trailers for both the UK edition and the US edition of Pirate Latitudes.

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