Master storyteller James A. Michener sweeps us off to the Caribbean, with a magnificent novel that captures the eternal allure of that glittering string of islands and their tumultuous history.
From the 1310 conquest of the peaceful Arawaks by voracious cannibals to the decline of the Mayan empire, from Columbus''s arrival to buccaneer Henry Morgan''s notorious reign, from the bloody slave revolt on Haiti to the rise of Castro -Caribbean carries us through 700 dramatic years in a tale teeming with revolution and romance, slavery and superstition, heartfelt characters and thunderous destinies. In this awesome and captivating story of great scope and wonder, Michener has created his most spectacular and thrilling historical novel to date.