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Every Saturday, you share (recommend) a book, preferably one that you haven't reviewed yet. It's just a way to get other books out into the blogging world. This is NOT a review.
Today I'm going to recommend The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence.
There was once a village bred by evil. On the barren coast of Cornwall, England, lived a community who prayed for shipwrecks, a community who lured storm-tossed ships to crash upon the sharp rocks of their shore. They fed and clothed themselves with the loot salvaged from the wreckage; dead sailors' tools and trinkets became decorations for their homes. Most never questioned their murderous way of life.
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I can't remember how I came across this book, or why I decided to pick it up. It may be that it was featured in a display at the library of books by Canadian authors. Whatever the reason, I did pick this book up... and I devoured it. I know I read Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped at some point, and this book reminded me of that a little bit... the setting, the story, the characters.
If you like adventure stories with a historical setting, you'll probably enjoy The Wreckers. It's the first book in The High Seas Trilogy; the other two books are The Smugglers and The Buccaneers.
This does sound pretty good. This is one thing I can say about visiting blogs, books I would not have looked at before are mentioned and I get to hear what others thought of them and they actually sound good.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!