Pirates from Hell — Grant Stockbridge

Across these broad United States swept the grisly hordes of LaFitte, modern counterpart of ancient, blood-thirsty piracy. In their horrible wake remained only red ruin and the charred skeletons of the Nation's crack trains... Such was the criminal blitzkrieg of LaFitte, the brutal buccaneer no man dared challenge -- save Richard Wentworth... alias the Spider!