description: Set in the 18th century's golden age of piracy, this is the tale of young recruit, William Williams. As he learns to negotiate the seas of the Caribbean and West Africa, Williams records the conflicts with merchantmen and whores, tribesmen and soldiers who populated the ends of the known world.
language: English
title: The Requiem Shark
titlecomplete: The Requiem Shark
genres: Fiction, Pirates, Adventure, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 195
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: Little, Brown