On Stranger Tides

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On Stranger Tides is a 1987 fantasy novel by Tim Powers that blends pirates, voodoo, and dark magic in a swashbuckling adventure that later inspired a Pirates of the Caribbean film.

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instanceOf fantasy novel
novel
author Tim Powers
centralTheme black magic
immortality
piracy
supernatural
voodoo
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist J. K. Potter
filmAdaptationFranchise Pirates of the Caribbean
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2011
genre adventure fiction
dark fantasy
fantasy
historical fantasy
pirate fiction
hasFormat audiobook
ebook
hardcover
paperback
hasSubject curses
magic
pirates
sea voyages
sorcery
inspiredWork Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
inspiredWorkType feature film
literaryMovement contemporary fantasy
mainCharacter John Chandagnac
mainCharacterAlias Jack Shandy
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableCharacter Benjamin Hurwood
Beth Hurwood
Blackbeard
originalLanguage English
plotElement search for the Fountain of Youth
sorcerous piracy
voodoo rituals
publicationDate 1987
publisher Ace Books
settingFeature Caribbean Sea
West Indies
settingPeriod early 18th century
timePeriodOfPublication 1980s literature

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