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5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding, 10 Jan 2011
For some years I have sought the first book of this series in print, though I enjoyed the Sea Beggars sequence I wasn't enthralled by it. However there was something in the writing that I enjoyed but said "I can do better". The Ten thousand I turned to some years later and enjoyed, but again to a point. This earlier series is better, much better.
Kearney engrosses the reader in a way he sadly fails to in his later works. The story is delivered at breakneck speed and one is held entrapped in the tapestry that he weaves. Where depth and development of characters is lacking, this is more than made up by the telling of the tale. To outline this series in any way would do it injustice. I have enjoyed it in ways that I have not felt since my first reads of Martin and Gemmell though for different reasons.
If Kearney had carried on in this way he would be recognised as one of the finest of the genre. I heartily recommend this to all.
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