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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a junior novelization of the film of the same name. It was published on April 10, 2007 by Disney Press, and was written by T.T. Sutherland. The book contains eight pages of full-color stills from the film. A Special Edition version was released, possibly on August 21, including the "Extra Chapters" that describe the ending of At World's End.

Publisher's description[]

Since the golden age of pirates, the Pirate Lords have ruled the Seven Seas. Lord Beckett of the East India Trading Company is on a mission to change that balance of power. The pirates' only hope lies in the notorious Captain Jack Sparrow. But finding Jack will not be easy. The last time anyone saw him, he was being dragged to the realm of Davy Jones' locker. Now, a ragtag crew led by Jack's arch enemy, Barbossa, must sail to World's End and beyond to save the captain. But even if Jack is rescued, his odds do not look good.

Differences between the film and the book[]

First edition[]

  • The pirate executions at a fort are mentioned albeit not shown, so the deaths of Cabin Boy's and his companions' at the gallows are omitted.
  • The destruction of the pirate fleet happens before the battle of Singapore. When the heart of Davy Jones is brought aboard the Flying Dutchman, Governor Weatherby Swann learns of Elizabeth Swann's supposed death when the Kraken dragged the Black Pearl to the depths. Governor Swann attempts to stab the heart but was stopped by Admiral James Norrington, and was persuaded by honoring Elizabeth's memory rather than Mercer confirming Elizabeth's survival. After Davy Jones revealed the consequences of stabbing his heart, despite being able to order Admiral Norrington's silence, Beckett and Mercer plot Governor Swann's death.
  • Norrington is revealed to be reinstated in the Royal Navy as well as being promoted as admiral of the East India Trading Company after presenting Beckett with the heart of Davy Jones.
  • Beckett believes the Flying Dutchman to be the fastest ship in the ocean, whereas Will Turner believes it is the Black Pearl, though it is confirmed the latter is the only ship that can outrun or catch up to the Dutchman.
  • Elizabeth Swann considers herself as a pirate by the time when the story is set. Additionally, she regrets and feels remorse for leaving Jack Sparrow to die at the Black Pearl when the Kraken appeared, but she senses he was proud of her pirate-like behavior.
  • Ät Singapore, scenes that were indeed filmed but cut from the final cut of the movie are included:
    • As the crew break into Sao Feng's bath house, a disguised Tia Dalma tells an EITC Agent, "Your mother always knew it be you who threw the linens down the well." After being asked how she knew that, she simply says, "The canaries."
    • While Hector Barbossa speaks to Sao Feng, the two Pirate Lords talk about the Brethren Court's history. Sao Feng said his father told him that the last time "it ended...badly." Barbossa then said "time before that" produced the Code, and the "very first meeting" that gave them rule of the seas, the latter event being the legend of Calypso, an ancient sea goddess that the nine Pirate Lords of the first Court captured and bound in human form. Feng and Barbossa also talk about how their rule of the sea was being challenged by Lord Cutler Beckett, "A pox on us all."
    • During the battle of Singapore, Pintel confronts Steng, saying "Hey! You're a pirate!"
  • As the Hai Peng sails through the Ice Passage, the inscribed poem in Sao Feng's map says "Over the edge, back, over again." Also, after the crew talk about the green flash, Pintel and Ragetti argue over riddles.
  • Ät Davy Jones' Locker, Jack Sparrow is alone with the Black Pearl. The multiples Jacks are absent from the book.
  • As Captains Jack and Barbossa argue aboard the Black Pearl, their argument ends with Barbossa saying "They be my charts!" Jack's comeback to Barbossa, "That makes you chartman!" is omitted (possibly because the line was improvised by Johnny Depp on set), and so the scene is immediately followed by Pintel's line toward the two captains.
  • Weatherby Swann does not appear when the Black Pearl sails through the souls of the dead.
  • While Barbossa makes an accord with Sao Feng, he further describes Calypso, talking about how the "legendary" sea goddess bestows her favor on a lucky sailor.
  • While in the captain's cabin of the Endeavour, Lord Beckett considers Jack Sparrow to be peculiar but devious, having learning from past experiences. Barbossa considers Jack dangerous but foolhardy, by how the latter escapes the Endeavour.
  • After discovering that Will Turner is helping Beckett, Elizabeth doesn't know if Will is any different from the pirates, and doesn't know if she can trust him anymore. She also has lost some respect for Norrington, after his aforementioned reinstatement for handing Davy Jones' heart to Beckett, in spire of still loving Elizabeth.
  • Norrington's death isn't fully depicted. He is last seen being attacked by Bootstrap Bill Turner and some crewmembers of the Flying Dutchman aboard the Dutchman.
  • When the Endeavour picks Will Turner from the sea he is left manacled on deck, where Beckett and Jones interrogate him.
  • During the meeting of the Fourth Brethren Court, there is more dialogue between the Pirate Lords, such as the line, "The Dutchman must always have a captain—but if there is no Dutchman...what matters its captain?"
  • Marty was standing at the helm of the Black Pearl when he noticed the EITC Armada.
  • When the EITC Armada appears the Flying Dutchman rises out of the sea, causing dread to plunge into the heart of every pirate. Standing on deck of the Endeavour, Cutler Beckett looks through his spyglass at the pirate fleet and says - "Well played again, Jack. And what's your next move?"
  • Because there are two editions released, the junior novelization plays out the plot and ends in two different ways. The original first edition does not confirm Governor Swann's death, nor reveal Tia Dalma to be Calypso, nor have Davy Jones meet her aboard the Black Pearl. Also, Captain Teague, the Carriers of the Code and the Prison Dog never appear, and there is no vote in which Elizabeth is named the Pirate King of the Brethren Court. The details of Jack's Piece of Eight is never revealed, nor is Barbossa taking Jack's piece. Barbossa is the one who frees Calypso, not Ragetti; and when the goddess is unleashed and released, she does not transform into hundreds of crabs, but simply disappears from the Black Pearl. It ends in a cliffhanger following Elizabeth ordering the crew of the Black Pearl to battle the East India Trading Company before the final showdown. In such a way, the remaining 30-40 minutes of the film are omitted from the book, leaving the fate of the characters to be determined by the reader. Alternatively, the book could have served as a means of encouraging readers to go see the movie in order to find out what happens next.

Special Edition[]

A revised edition of the novelization, titled "Special Edition", includes additional scenes and plot details that were omitted in the first edition. There are also "Extra Chapters" that cover the film's climax and ending in full. Some scenery and lines of dialogue written similarly to the screenplay draft titled Calypso's Fury.

  • Governor Swann appears in Davy Jones' Locker.
  • Tia Dalma and Barbossa's conversation, in which Tia is revealed to be Calypso, is shown.
  • The meeting of Davy Jones and Tia Dalma/Calypso meeting aboard the Black Pearl is shown. Jones wields a pistol and reveals that the Brethren's spell stripped the imprisoned goddess of her memory, which she said it "came back slowly, over time...and with it, some small portion of my power" which she used to "rekindle life in Barbossa, when the sea fetched his body up upon my shores." Tia also hinted that after Davy Jones felt abandoned after he stepped ashore the first ten years, she hinted that she "may have been there the next time." However, Tia Dalma claimed she spent centuries not knowing what she was because of the Brethren Court.
  • The Fourth Brethren Court played out in full. After Barbossa called upon Captain Teague, two pirates had gone to summon Teague then re-entered the room, carrying the Pirate Code book between them. However, the Code was described as "set down by the First Court" rather than the Second Court, which was previously established by Barbossa to Sao Feng. The Pirate Lords' vote for the new King of the Brethren Court, in which Jack Sparrow makes the deciding vote for Elizabeth Swann. Jack Sparrow and Teague's scene, in which Jack is given a shrunken head, not identified as Jack's "Mum" like in the film.
  • Jack's Piece of Eight is described, as well as Barbossa slashing it with his sword.
  • Calypso is described as having collapsed, crashing down in a shower of ten thousand crabs.
  • Unlike the standard edition, the final showdown between the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman in the maelstrom, the deaths of Davy Jones and Cutler Beckett, Will and Elizabeth's wedding and one day together, Will becoming the new captain of the Dutchman, Barbossa stealing the Pearl from Jack Sparrow, and the beginning of the quest for the Fountain of Youth are included in the book. However, the scene with Jack's compass pointing at the bottle of rum and Jack taking and opening the bottle is omitted.

International adaptations[]

Two adaptations of the novelization were released in Croatia under the title Pirati s Kariba: Na kraju svijeta, one in 2007 and one in 2011. The 2011 adaptation, published by Egmont d.o.o., is mostly a direct translation of the 2007 US Special Edition, but with a few differences from the US edition.

  • Instead of the skull and crossbones logo from the film's teaser poster the cover shows the Black Pearl.
  • James Norrington and Cutler Beckett board the Flying Dutchman escorted by a company of sailors, not marines. When Norrington addresses his men, he says: "Steady, men. We stand on deck of a ship, no more, no less. You will compose yourself as real seamen."
  • When Governor Swann attempts to stab the heart of Davy Jones the undead captain tells him what will happen if he does that, and speaks the ship's full name, while in the US edition he says only "The Dutchman must always have a captain".
  • When Jones leaves the captain's cabin and Mercer asks what to do with the governor, Beckett thinks that every man should have a secret. In the US edition he openly says that "Every man should have a secret he carries to his grave".
  • The scene with Davy Jones visiting Tia Dalma/Calypso in the brig of the Black Pearl is omitted.
  • The story skips directly from Will Turner leaving Elizabeth on the beach and sailing away on the Dutchman to the "Ten Years Later" scene where Will returns to his wife and son. The scene with Jack in Tortuga, Barbossa stealing the Black Pearl, and the beginning of the quest for the Fountain of Youth is omitted.
  • The book contains several illustrations which don't appear in the US edition.

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