Žoldnéři fantasie 15 - Piráti z Karibiků (2026)

It all began with Treasure Island in 1883. The now partly forgotten novelist Robert Louis Stevenson introduced the pirate Long John Silver, while his characters Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde still appear in comics. Pirates have occupied the surface of modern adventure literature ever since, but they also thrive in the coves of fantasy: hidden treasures guarded by monsters, mythical cities in jungles, cursed objects and weapons, and terrifying, ruthless captains such as Flint. It takes 120 years of literary pirate fame before filmmakers honour the subject with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), combining traditional clichés, often turned upside down, with black humour and Johnny Depp’s brilliant performance. Another quarter-century later, this Czech-language anthology offers a winning story in the same spirit, where an elf gazes into the distance from the crow’s nest, treasures remain eternally cursed and ships possess souls of their own. It also includes a 50-page analysis by Františka Vrbenská, offering a comprehensive look at pirates in dreams and history. The contents are: Lucie Matějíčková, “Krvavá věštba”; Ondřej Adler, “Studna přání”; Jan Žlebek, “Křídla z železobetonu”; Aleš Thiel, “Vlk se nažral”; Magdaléna Králová, “Kopfsalat”; Jan Parolek, “Kometa ozařuje cestu”; Kristýna Röselová, “Dcera lovčího”; Vojtěch Kinter, “Odestání”; Jaroslav Horák, “Stará pazderna”; Radoslav Kalaš, “Sezóna ve službách rytíře Rába”; Tomáš Luksch, “KARIMABOYA”; and Františka Vrbenská, “VÍTR, VLNY, KREV: PIRÁTI SNŮ A HISTORIE”.