Pirate Hunter
by Tom Morrisey
Paperback
Price: £8.99
Publisher:Bethany House imprint of Baker Pub from Lion
Published:2009
ISBN:978-0-764-20348-0
GoodBookStall Review:
Tom Morrisey at his best in a double story of seventeenth century pirates interwoven with twenty-first century underwater treasure seekers. Three and a half centuries ago, escaped slave-turned privateer, Ted, follows a similar path of betrayal and anger to that of marine-archaeologist Greg in the present day, and both face the same dilemma when love and faith prove incompatible with clinging to thoughts of revenge. Parallel themes of slavery, estrangement, and the difficulty versus the need for forgiveness, come together at the end in a satisfyingly harmonious climax, and the journey there is packed with incident and action both at sea and ashore. The modern heroine’s dead sister does turn into a brother later in the book – a rare mistake from a master storyteller – but, aside from that minor quibble, Pirate Hunter kept me turning the pages until I’d finished.
Reviewer: Diane Morrison (02/03/10)
Tom Morrisey at his best in a double story of seventeenth century pirates interwoven with twenty-first century underwater treasure seekers. Three and a half centuries ago, escaped slave-turned privateer, Ted, follows a similar path of betrayal and anger to that of marine-archaeologist Greg in the present day, and both face the same dilemma when love and faith prove incompatible with clinging to thoughts of revenge. Parallel themes of slavery, estrangement, and the difficulty versus the need for forgiveness, come together at the end in a satisfyingly harmonious climax, and the journey there is packed with incident and action both at sea and ashore. The modern heroine’s dead sister does turn into a brother later in the book – a rare mistake from a master storyteller – but, aside from that minor quibble, Pirate Hunter kept me turning the pages until I’d finished.
Reviewer: Diane Morrison (02/03/10)
