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'...interesting story and a captivating adventure. Throughout the pages of the novel you can see the author's love for history.' -- Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews
'Deals with the fascinating and seldom explored area of white slavery...'
-- Huddersfield Daily Examiner
'Deals with the fascinating and seldom explored area of white slavery...'
-- Huddersfield Daily Examiner
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1677, on a late summer’s evening two ships lurk off the coast of southwest Ireland. They are Barbary corsairs from North Africa, slave catchers. As soon as it is dark, their landing parties row ashore to raid a small fishing village - on the hunt for fresh prey . . . In the village, seventeen-year-old Hector Lynch wakes to the sound of a pistol shot. Moments later he and his sister Elizabeth are taken prisoner. From then on Hector’s life plunges into a turbulent and lawless world that is full of surprises. Separated from Elizabeth, he is sold to the slave market of Algiers, where he survives with the help of his newfound friend Dan, a Miskito Indian from the Caribbean. The two men convert to Islam to escape the horrors of the slave pens, only to become victims of the deadly warfare of the Mediterranean. Serving aboard a Turkish corsair ship, their vessel is sunk at sea and they find themselves condemned to the oar as galley slaves for France. Driven by his quest to find his sister, Hector finally stumbles on the chilling truth of her fate when he and Dan are shipwrecked on the coast of Morocco . . .
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a prime example of an author delving deeply into the history books to create a world full of accurate details and realistic settings but forgetting that his main job is telling an engaging story... It all seemed to flit from one place to another without any real characterisation, while the end was (how else to put it) a bit of a damp squib... It's a shame, nice ideas, poor execution...
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Tim's brand new series to sail the seven seas with. Whilst we have come to know Tim as not only a practical author who has completed challenges to see how accurate the documentation or oral tales of the times are but also on the level of technologies of our ancestors were, we have also come to respect him for his hugely energetic and fast action paced Viking Trilogy adventure.
What I came to expect and hoped for with this new series made it one of my highlights for the second part of this year. Alas I was left feeling a little cheated with the first novel, well that's not exactly accurate the beginning piece left me feeling cheated whilst the rest of the novel took a while to build up my trust in his talent. Why was this? Well personally I felt that we really didn't get a chance to know the principle protagonist in much the same way that we did with his other series and as such made it difficult to come to grips with the challenges of his life let alone the agonies to which he was afflicted.
However as the novel continued we did get a glimpse of the talent that made me sit up and listen to his earlier fiction and gently brought me back into the type of tale I have come to expect. Whether this first novel was designed to be more of an introduction to his world rather than a full throttle excitement is what we will have to wait to see, yet we know that the next novel in the series will see not only massive challenges for our heroes but also allow the reader to see how each of them will rebuild their lives after the events in the first installment, whether I'd buy this novel before the second part is available I think that I'd probably leave it. This is due to my own chain of thoughts that if the second installment is going to do what I suspect it will, it will make the series a hard to put down necessity. I just hope that this is going to be the case and that Tim will not prove to be a one fiction series author.
What I came to expect and hoped for with this new series made it one of my highlights for the second part of this year. Alas I was left feeling a little cheated with the first novel, well that's not exactly accurate the beginning piece left me feeling cheated whilst the rest of the novel took a while to build up my trust in his talent. Why was this? Well personally I felt that we really didn't get a chance to know the principle protagonist in much the same way that we did with his other series and as such made it difficult to come to grips with the challenges of his life let alone the agonies to which he was afflicted.
However as the novel continued we did get a glimpse of the talent that made me sit up and listen to his earlier fiction and gently brought me back into the type of tale I have come to expect. Whether this first novel was designed to be more of an introduction to his world rather than a full throttle excitement is what we will have to wait to see, yet we know that the next novel in the series will see not only massive challenges for our heroes but also allow the reader to see how each of them will rebuild their lives after the events in the first installment, whether I'd buy this novel before the second part is available I think that I'd probably leave it. This is due to my own chain of thoughts that if the second installment is going to do what I suspect it will, it will make the series a hard to put down necessity. I just hope that this is going to be the case and that Tim will not prove to be a one fiction series author.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am surprised at the reviews below. I think this book is exactly what it makes out to be. A historical adventure novel. There is great attention to detail and yet it is still easy to read. I agree that the characters are a bit shallow, but for me this story was about the adventure, not the protagonists. Some of my most favourite, and developed characters didnt seem to last too long, and that is a shame but overall, I found myself turning the pages eager to get to the next part of the story.
In short: If you love that in-depth character of Dosteyevsky et al. This is not a book for you. HOWEVER, if you just want a bit of a historical whimsical adventure, then buy it, read it, and enjoy the story.
In short: If you love that in-depth character of Dosteyevsky et al. This is not a book for you. HOWEVER, if you just want a bit of a historical whimsical adventure, then buy it, read it, and enjoy the story.
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great read
I thuoght this book was a good read it is very informative about the history of the time and cleverly explained in the text I could not wait to read Hectors next adventure which... Read more
Published 4 months ago by rc
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad, but thought I was back in school a few times...
Corsair - Tim Severin ****
This in the first book in a trilogy following the trials and tribulations of Hector Lynch. Read more
This in the first book in a trilogy following the trials and tribulations of Hector Lynch. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Bridgey
4.0 out of 5 stars
a good story with lots of historical detail
I enjoyed this book .It shows a lot of research and historical background. It is not a rip roaring adventure. I hope it is the start of a great saga. I look forward to more. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2011 by A. Browne
2.0 out of 5 stars
not a seafaring adventure
All the reviews to date are accurate. Great respect for the author's attention to detail but disappointment in the story and character development. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2011 by Slowhand
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lacks action
Having read three of these books I do tend to agree with others about the historical context etc, but they lacked sort of action. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2010 by Riva
3.0 out of 5 stars
This is a good read
I think the trouble is with reviews on Amazon is that people either give a very high score or very low score. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2010 by Mr. Richard Bristol
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good entertainment
Just reading this novel now. Am surprised at the reviews. It is not so terrible. Great research but it stutters. Shame to develop characters and then kill them off. Read more
Published on 21 May 2010 by News book
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not the greatest book
A tale of amazing coincidence after amazing coincidence followed by a liberal dose of deus-ex-machina and not enough character. Read more
Published on 21 April 2010 by Quince
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good story
Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the story - in spite of those negative reviews! OK, so it's not a full-bloodied, rip-roaring adventure yarn, but I can see he's setting the character up... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2010 by Hergest
1.0 out of 5 stars
Yawn!
Characterless pap. It all goes to show that having an interesting life does not always translate into interesting writing. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2009 by Enquirer
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