"The Brigand" is the Fifteenth novel in the "Tropical Frontier" series. The lives of three young friends are disrupted when one of them, Arabelle O'Shea, is abducted by the "Scourge of the Florida Straits," the feared and dreaded pirate, El Diablo Caesar. Will Paco Pinato and Caleb Johnson rescue Arabelle in time? And what of the legendary treasure of Black Caesar, the notorious compatriot of Blackbeard himself? Will it be discovered these many years later? And if so, by whom? Or will it reside in its place of concealment forever?