Nimbus, Halifax, NS, 2010, 1^st pr.  ISBN 978-1-55109-775-6.  Trade soft cover, 196 pages including The Dread Crew Roster and about the author.  Unread copy; not remaindered.  Illustrations by Sydney Smith.  ‘The pirates of the Dread Crew, ruthless junk hunters, are on the rampage through the Maritime woods.  On their trail is the boy pirate tracker Eric Stewart, who gathers mounting evidence of their hooliganism until one day their clue-laden path of destruction completely disappears.  Little does Eric know that the rumbling, stinking pirates are much, much closer than he thinks.’ (from rear wrap)