Captain Gilbert Anthony has a lot on his mind. He has just been decorated for extraordinary bravery under fire, been given command of the fourth-rate Drakkar, learned from his father's deathbed that he has a fully-grown illegimate brother and will soon be dispatched on a special mission chasing pirates in the Carribbean...and that's just in the first fifteen pages! Honoring his dying father, the eponymous 'Fighting James Anthony,' Vice Admiral of the Blue, Gil takes his half-brother Gabriel into the ship's company as a senior midshipman. As Drakkar sails Captain Anthony soon realizes having his brother aboard might not be the family reunion he hoped for when he encounters the resentment of one of his officers, Lieutenant Witzenfeld. But the real conflict lies ahead with the menacing pirate raiders who must be captured to cease the depradations against peaceful English merchants. There Drakkar will find the feared pirate frigate Reaper and have her entire crew tested in savage combat.
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Better than Pope or Kent
Nov 23 2005
By Fuzzy
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This is a bang up job as far as the beginning of a naval series is concerned. It isn't weighed down with a ton of sail handling detail and digressions about nature like O'Brian (not that he isn't great). I put it more in the Hornblower, Bolitho, Ramage school of sea fiction. This is the first in a projected series about two brothers, one an admiral, the other a midshipman, in the Royal Navy in 1775. They fight pirates, meet beautiful women, and blow folks to kingdom come. You know the drill. Anyway, if you like swashbuckling stuff this should suit you.
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Reading is FUNdamental
Mar 24 2006
By Tuan Robo
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Format:Paperback
During my high school years, among my favorite reads were Don Pendleton's The Executioner series and all of those yellow-spined sci-fi/fantasy novels published by DAW. The two things all of those novels had in common were that they rarely topped two-hundred pages, and they were fun. In the breadth of a weekend of reading, Mack Bolan could clean the Mafia out of Memphis or Elric of Melnibone could recover the runesword Stormbringer. As time went on, it seemed like the likes of Tom Clancy ousted Pendleton and Elric's throne was usurped by Robert Jordan megabooks.
However, much to my delight, the short adventure novel isn't dead. One fine example that reminded me of when reading was <u>fun</u> is The Reaper, the first book of the Fighting Anthonys series by Michael Aye. It is the tale of British naval officer Gilbert Anthony and his war against West Indian piracy just prior to the American Revolution. Along with the assistance of his loyal crew, including his half-brother Gabriel and the mysterious Dagan, Anthony cleans out the Caribbean.
Published by Broadsides Press, the book has been likened to "if Louis L'Amour had written an Age of Sail novel." While the genre lies within the straits of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester, the author's style reminds me of Glen Cook with an occassional squall of Flashmanesque humor and a gust of supernatural thrown in for good measure.
If you're the type of person who thinks Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day should be a year round event, The Reaper should definitely be on your reading list.
However, much to my delight, the short adventure novel isn't dead. One fine example that reminded me of when reading was <u>fun</u> is The Reaper, the first book of the Fighting Anthonys series by Michael Aye. It is the tale of British naval officer Gilbert Anthony and his war against West Indian piracy just prior to the American Revolution. Along with the assistance of his loyal crew, including his half-brother Gabriel and the mysterious Dagan, Anthony cleans out the Caribbean.
Published by Broadsides Press, the book has been likened to "if Louis L'Amour had written an Age of Sail novel." While the genre lies within the straits of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester, the author's style reminds me of Glen Cook with an occassional squall of Flashmanesque humor and a gust of supernatural thrown in for good measure.
If you're the type of person who thinks Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day should be a year round event, The Reaper should definitely be on your reading list.
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An Unusual Start
Aug 1 2006
By John A Lee III
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Most people who start a series of naval fiction in the age of sail take as their protagonist a young midshipman or lieutenant. Then, over the course of the development of the series, we see the protagonist develop into a better officer and rise in the ranks. Michael Aye has done something different. His character starts as a post captain fresh from a major victory. There would seem to be little room for upward mobility with a start like that but the book is worth reading.
Captain Anthony is assigned to suppress piracy in the Caribbean. He does so at a time when the stage is being set for the American Revolution. Tensions are running high but conflict has not yet broken out. The pirates are everyone's enemies and the captain proves to be an effective suppressor of their trade.
The book is extremely fast paced and enjoyable to read. Some to the situation and solutions seem to reek too much of coincidence but it is a fun read. I look forward to more.
Captain Anthony is assigned to suppress piracy in the Caribbean. He does so at a time when the stage is being set for the American Revolution. Tensions are running high but conflict has not yet broken out. The pirates are everyone's enemies and the captain proves to be an effective suppressor of their trade.
The book is extremely fast paced and enjoyable to read. Some to the situation and solutions seem to reek too much of coincidence but it is a fun read. I look forward to more.
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