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Dark times are coming: the age of piracy is drawing to a close. Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company has seized control of the terrifying ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, and its vicious, vengeful captain, Davy Jones. Now the Flying Dutchman ceaselessly plies the waters of the seven seas, and under the command of Admiral Norrington, ruthlessly destroys pirate ships. Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa set out on a desperate journey in search of the Nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court: they hold the only hope of defeating Beckett, the Flying Dutchman, and his armada. But one of the Lords is missing: Captain Jack Sparrow, either the best or the worst pirate in the world. After an unfortunate encounter with a monster called the Kraken, he is now a prisoner of Davy Jones. The alliance between our heroes — including Tia Dalma, Pintel, and Ragetti — is fragile, but first they must travel to the dangerous, exotic Singapore and fight the Chinese pirate captain Sao Feng for navigational charts and for a ship...
