The Guns of Tortuga

Continuing their Pirate Hunter series, Brad Strickland and Thomas E. Fuller follow up Mutiny with The Guns of Tortuga, set in the late 1600s. Here, young sailor Davey Patch is now an accepted member of the Aurora's crew, who continue their search for the pirate Jack Stelle. When Captain Hunter brings the ship to port on the titular island, he learns that British officers are being held and enlists Davey in efforts to save them.