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The group has been living on the island for centuries, unseen by society (except for an English archeologist obsessively keeping their secret) and sustain themselves by raiding [[pleasure boats]]. The pirates kill whoever comes to the island; however, Blair and his son are both kept alive due to a false assumption that they are descended from [[Robert Maynard]] and a need to offset the negative effects of [[inbreeding]]. Blair is used to impregnate a female and act as a [[scribe]] for the largely illiterate group, while Justin is brainwashed to become a surrogate heir to Nau, the pirate leader. Blair struggles to escape from the island, but all attempts fail.
 
Blair begins his captivity as a very peaceable and civilized everyman, but he is helpless in the absence of law and the presence of the almost unlimited violence the pirates commit. Subjecting him to constant fear and abuse, the pirates fail to realize how desperate Blair is becoming as his repeated escape attempts continually fail. He eventually arranges for the pirates to come head to head with a [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|US Coast Guard cutter]], but they manage to wipe out the crew and take over the vessel. Blair sneaks aboard and, while most of the pirates are gathered on the aft deck of the ship, he discovers a deck-mounted [[M2 machine gun]] hidden underneath a tarp. He opens fire on the pirates, and continues to fire even after they are all dead.
 
He then learns that Nau was not on the deck. The two men then stalk each other through various parts of the decimated vessel. Blair eventually gets the upper hand and kills Nau with a [[flare gun]]. Blair and his son, who no longer desires to be a pirate and seems much more respectful of his father, are reunited.