On Stranger Tides

Paperback, 388 pages

English language

Published March 31, 2006 by Babbage Press.

ISBN:
978-1-930235-32-8
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OCLC Number:
76410980

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2 stars

The protagonist, John Chandagnac, strikes me as a complete Mary Sue. He out-fences a pirate leader based on his experience taking some fencing lessons to improve his puppetry. He's given the task of cooking for the pirate crew, and within days becomes the most famous chef on the island (perhaps achievable given how low the local culinary standards are). In one day of training on firing cannons from a ship, he becomes the best in the crew. He becomes second in command on a sailing ship within weeks, and is able to effectively manage the sailing and fighting of a ship, even through a hurricane, not long after. And so on.

Powers likes to go to strange places with magic, which is fine. What's odd in this book is that there is creepy stuff intertwined with a simpler adventure story. The central plot is straightforward: Boy (John) meets girl (Beth), …

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Subjects

  • Science Fiction - Adventure
  • Science Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Science Fiction