Isle of Swords

Isle of Swords

Wayne Thomas Batson

Pirate Adventures Series #1

rating: 10

A young lad awakens on an island, alone and brutally injured, with no memory of his past.

Captain Declan Ross searched for riches that will free him and his headstrong daughter, Anne, from the piracy business forever . . . Bartholomew Thorne, an infamously ruthless pirate, seeks to destroy Ross and any who stand in his way of the legendary treasure hidden by a mysterious order of monks. With these intriguing characters and many more, Wayne Thomas Batson weaves a spell-binding adventure filled with high-seas drama where battles rage, storms brew, a long-dormant volcano awakens, and a sea creature slithers in the deep as pirates race for a cliff-top fortress.

First off, this is my most favorite book, physically.  The cover really draws you in and wants you to read more, and the pages are a charcoal-grey color, with tattered edges.  Yeah, it's pretty awesome...  But what is inside the cover and pages is what really counts, and in this case it doesn't disappoint!  I read this book a couple years ago when a friend let me borrow a copy (thanks Sam!) and it very quickly became one of my most favorite books.  I actually kind of got in trouble for reading is so much, you know getting distracted from doing dishes and making your bed...  That was the time when I learned that sometimes reading is not the most important thing in the world, sometimes. :)  So let me warn you, if you pick up this book make sure that you have a good amount of time on your hands.  It's a really easy read, super well written and extremely captivating!!  

The Characters of Cat, Captain Ross, Anne, Bartholomew Thorne, Padre Dominguez, the crews are amazing.   I especially love a certain Frenchman who is obsessed with explosives. 

The only potentially objectionable things that I can think of have to do with the fact that they are pirates, so things can be a little bloody.  Like when *SPOILER* they cut a tattoo of of someone, or when they talk about certain forms of torture-ish things *END OF SPOILER*  The bad guy, Bartholomew Thorne is bad, really bad, but that's kinda how bad guys are.  They don't ever go greatly into detail but you can easily skip those parts if your squeamish.   

     

 Wayne Thomas Batson is a Christian author who has other great books as well, so even though they don't directly talk about the gospel, you can tell that the characters grapple with the Lord and their lifestyle as pirates.