Review: Swashbuckling in space
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2013
I received this book free to read and review.Very much an old style science fiction, the author does manage to create a vast new story with an array of interesting characters and locations, although a quite fast moving story it is not a quick read this is for two reasons, the language used is I suppose flowery is the best description but it is easier to give an extract to illustrate the writing style "Feeling the air permeated with her presence, something inside Ja Keen yawned, stretched and awoke, as if a sleeping white bird suddenly arose to full height .................." . Also there is a lot of scene changes, just as something exciting is going to happen the action switches to somewhere else, there might be a few chops and changes before it returns to the original theme.I did however enjoy it and felt that I gradually became immersed it a world of space pirates. It is difficult to tell what age group this is aimed at as the "hero" Ja Keen is 16 years old but the book also deals with adult themes but not in graphic details. I don't know if there are more to come but there is plenty of potential for more and I will certainly read them if there are.