What was once a place of thriving business is now all but forgotten. The tranquil surroundings hide something, something more terrible than they have ever met.
"Falls be just what they be. A place where things are always headin' down. Don't be thinking what's above 'em, it be easier to go around 'em I say."
Nathaniel Wrigglesworth and his young Corsairs prepare for a special day, one that is threatened by the island's inhabitants. Who are they? What are they? What lies beyond the Slick Hickory Falls?
Slick Hickory Falls
On an eastern tropical island, the boys pause to have the Sea Witch repaired, their stores replenished and their bodies healed.