Pirates, Scoundrels, and Saints PARAISO: Book One

Pirates are still out there, flintlock pistols and schooners traded for [assault rifles] and black-painted Zodiacs.

Juan's crew of outcasts and thieves from various countries lived at the edge of a dusty village in Southern Haiti, not far from the Dominican Republic border. They were safe in Haiti-a country of refuge for pirates and thieves, for injustice and abuse.

The village itself consisted of fewer than a hundred hovels of sticks, paper, and earth, all clustered together. The inhabi...