Thread:Uskok/@comment-30757877-20171021165336/@comment-996391-20171021171714

I agree with your idea. In fact, I planned to do that myself but I never found enough free time. I have the three novelizations (TCotBP, AWE, and OST), but my version of the OST novelization is not the same as the American version. The American version ends with Jack finding the Santiago, but it seems all other versions end with Blackbeard's death at the Fountain of Youth.

As for Bootstrap Bill, I don't have the book, unfortunately. What I know can be seen in the short preview on Amazon During his second meeting with Henry, Will thinks that Henry is just as stubborn as he was a long time ago, back when Bootstrap Bill was a member of the Dutchman's crew. That was all I could see. The preview I saw ends with Captain Toms noticing the Silent Mary in the Triangle.

The differences I noticed are these: the main story is set seven years after the opening scene, not nine years like in the film, Henry knew exactly who the pirate captain in command of the Ruddy Rose is but he didn't want to reveal his vast knowledge about pirates to his superior officers, First Officer Wade doesn't appear in the book, and the conversation between Henry, Officer Cole, and Captain Toms is slightly longer than in the film.