Хищные птицы

Vtorai͡a polovina XVII stoletii͡a, zolotoĭ vek piratstva. Anglii͡a i Gollandii͡a vedut voĭnu za morskoe vladychestvo, a na voĭne vse sredstva khoroshi. Angliĭskomu kapitanu sėru Frėnsisu Kortni vydano korolevskoe razreshenie presledovatʹ, a poprostu - grabitʹ neprii͡atelʹskie torgovye suda. Vmeste so svoim semnadt͡satiletnim synom Khėlom on patruliruet vody u beregov I͡Uzhnoĭ Afriki. Boevai͡a karavella Kortni okhotitsi͡a na gollandskiĭ galeon, idushchiĭ iz Ost-Indii i gruzhennyĭ zolotom, dragot͡sennymi spet͡sii͡ami i redkoĭ drevesinoĭ. Podobnyĭ trofeĭ mozhet prinesti t͡seloe sostoi͡anie! I vot galeon vzi͡at na abordazh, no piratskoe schastʹe mimoletno - v skorom vremeni sėr Frėnsis i Khėl popadai͡ut v ruki bezzhalostnykh vragov... Roman "Khishchnye ptit͡sy" khronologicheski otkryvaet ėpopei͡u o neukrotimykh Kortni, cheĭ deviz glasit: "I͡A vyderzhu".

The second half of the XVII century, the golden age of piracy. England and Holland are fighting a war for maritime sovereignty, and in war all means are good. English captain Sir Francis Courtney has been granted royal permission to pursue, or simply rob, enemy merchant ships. Together with his seventeen-year-old son Hal, he patrols the waters off the coast of South Africa. Courtney's battle caravel is hunting a Dutch galleon coming from the East Indies and loaded with gold, precious spices and rare wood. Such a trophy can bring a fortune! And so the galleon is boarded, but pirate happiness is fleeting — soon Sir Francis and Hal fall into the hands of ruthless enemies... The novel "Birds of Prey" chronologically opens the epic of the indomitable Courtney, whose motto reads: "I can handle it."