Written in 1924, this thrilling prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate tale Treasure Island imagines how Captain Flint and Murray sacked the Spanish galleon and buried their ill-gotten treasure on the Dead Man's Chest and on Treasure Island. In the pages of this bloodcurdling story, the reader re-encounters smooth-tongued Long John Silver, the villainous blind pirate Pew, poor Ben Gunn, and many other unforgettable characters.