BOOK REVIEW: FIVE STARS
Leeward (Nightingale & Courtney Book One) Katie Daysh
1850 and the sailing days of British Imperialism.
This well-written fast moving five star book looks into the life and personalities of a family struggling for self-preservation while dealing with psychopathy and survival where no positive outcome can ever be expected.
EXCERPTS:
A sword-hilt cracked down on his shoulder. He turned, slashed, and felt blood splatter his sleeve. Another body dropped against him. He kicked it to the side. Musket shots rained from the Scylla’s maintop in a hail of invisible darts that dropped men all around Nightingale. He heard the whistle and puncture of the bullets, the crack of wood as they missed their mark, and everywhere, the cries of men. The chaos, the slaughter, the loss – the same as on the Lion – swamped him.
Insensible emotion raged in Nightingale. He stabbed his sword at a charging man and twisted it out of his stomach.
As he fell, Nightingale caught sight of the helm. The finely dressed captain stood there, his uniform blackened with smoke.
‘Why obey your father?’ he asked. ‘Loyalty. Obedience. Because of what he held over me. Love. Fear.’ Hargreaves sighed. ‘Then there is your answer.’ ‘I also disobeyed him for the same reasons. Loyalty to those who have lost their lives. Acknowledging what I have long held over myself. The fear of choosing the wrong path. The love for… many people, many ideas. If I had not done it, I would have regretted it even more intensely.’ ‘It was not your place,’ Hargreaves repeated. ‘Your regret will mean nothing to those who shall question you. You were ordered to retrieve the gold – I was ordered to retrieve the gold…’ ‘Well. There, you have my explanation. I believe that you have an explanation too. You say that they shall not care about my reasons, but I will listen to yours, Michael. I want to know.’
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