Blackthorn Winter

Young Thomas Monroe was bred for the sea. At his first chance he sets off on a merchant's ship, but Thomas gets more of an adventure than he'd expected when his ship is captured by the pirates whose treasure map he stole! He somehow must keep himself and his captain alive, and beat the pirates to their treasure. Meanwhile, hundreds of years in the future, Jim Monroe--Thomas' descendant--is also in desperate need of that treasure, or he and his mother will lose the family land. Embark on this thrilling tale of piracy and derring-do, Douglas Wilson's first foray into children's fiction.

Douglas Wilson's Maritime Series follows the adventures of the Monroe family from the eighteenth century through modern times. Times may change, and pirates may change their tack, but the Monroe boys always seem driven to the sea...