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The Red King (2000)

by Rosemary O'Malley(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: I very seldom read historical books, for one thing I always think about hygiene when I do and the thought of unwashed men giving eachother head just doen't appeal to me, then of course there are a lot of other things such that makes me prefer books set in a modern time. This book however was absolutley fantastic (and they did wash up quite frequently). I loved the violence in it and I'm not sure what that says about me and the life at sea was kind of interesting...it is my first pirate book but I think that maybe I should have a look at others. Great book!
review 2: 4.5 starsThis is a very good book. Just short of amazing for me. After being held captive as a sex slave for 13 years Rory (31yo) is now the captain of his own ship. He also seeks revenge from his ... morecaptor and torturer Maarten. As part of these he keeps intercepting Maarten's raiding ships and liberating his victims. This is how he comes to meet Andrew (18yo). Andrew is the sole survivor of a raiding on his ship which was taking him ad his brethren of monks to a new country. Rory thinks Andrew is the perfect tool to carry on his plan to kill Maarten. At first Andrew comes off as this beautiful, virginal, hard to resist young man. But he turns out to be this very wise and strong man who helps Rory finally overcome his years of abuse.There's a lot of pirate action on this story: several raids, fights and more. But please beware of graphic depictions of child abuse, rape and torture. less

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