Before the End

One-Eyed Willie is back, this time in flesh and blood as a young teenager. Traveling with his companions from the sixteenth century, Thumbs, Tolliver and Twig, he finds himself aboard a pirate ship by accident. The voyage soon becomes a search for the body of Magellan and the treasure rumored to be buried alongside him.

Along the way, the group runs into man-eating creatures, menacing ghosts, hardened pirates and a sinister island chief determined to destroy them. Their long, perilous sea crossing brings comic blunders and setbacks, and they rely on Maia, a sharp-witted island girl, to help them through the hardships they face.

The story also questions the old image of One-Eyed Willie as a heartless pirate. Instead, it follows a boy who develops courage, honor and virtue as he makes his way toward manhood.