An Affair of Honor — Robert Wilder

Set in the Bahamas, this is an explosive story of rutless power and insatiable greed. If he had been born three hundred years earlier, Max might have sailed into Nassau's harbor flying the pirate's skull and crossbones, to loot and sack the town, rape the women, and drive the men to walk the plank. As it was, he achieved much the same ends, but in a less bloody and spectacular manner.