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    <body><![CDATA[Anne Ross and Cat are about to meet- and their meeting will ignite an adventure so hot that the sea itself cannot put it out!<br/><br/>Cat, a young man trapped in a mind that does not remember its own history...<br/><br/>Anne, the feisty pirate captain's daughter...<br/><br/>Padre Dominguez, t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72018762">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book skeptical of pirate books that claimed to be Christian, but I was proved wrong. Captain Jack Ross his crew, and his feisty daughter, Anne, are thrown into an adventure and quest to acquire a wonderful treasure hidden by monks. With shipwrecks, an evil pirate, adventures on the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79972266">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent book and it definitely ranks among my top ten.<br/><br/>The story is fabulous. The book is stuffed with humor, unique and endearing characters, oceans of peril, and the whole thing is saturated in mystery. Secrets shroud the tale. However, the author meters out the answers to th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76961652">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[WoW, it was really good. I like Cat and Anne together. It was a pretty big shocker that Cat was Thorne's son, although it didn't really suprise me much, but then again nothing really does. I guessed right about what the <em>real</em> treasure was though. I mean what else would monks want to protect besides t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51424423">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a pretty good book. It's about a reluctant (and good) pirate named Declan Ross, his daughter Anne, a young amnesiac who is called 'Cat' and the crew of the William Wallace. They go against the evil pirate Bartholomew Thorne as they race to find the lost treasure of Constantine. The story wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40547356">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bloodthirsty pirates.  Buried treasure.  Mysterious monks.  Hidden islands.  Daring escapes.  Perilous searches.  All these things and more are found in “The Isle of Swords.”  As Captain Declan Ross tries to discover a way to leave piracy behind, his daughter tries to persuade him to let her joi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34986662">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/><br/>Hi, Isle of Swords Readers!<br/><br/>Wayne Thomas Batson here. I wanted to thank all of you who put Isle of Fire on your ToBeRead list. I'm honored to be worth your time.<br/><br/>Isle of Fire will release the first week of September. It is available for preorder on Amazon as well. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25971801">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Join Captain Declan Ross and his faithful crew as they sail the high seas. You will meet mysterious monks, murdering pirates, and a lad with no memory. But beware of the evil villain Bartholomew Thorne who seeks to find and destroy Captain Ross. As good and evil clash, which will prevail? This book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74560077">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a YA book I got for my 11-year old. It is a great action-adventure for that level, and he loved it. It wasn't bad, and I did enjoy the main characters. But part of me wanted something more. I am not sure what, but something kept me from being excited to turn the pages. I liked Batson's othe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69570747">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I quite liked this book, although I didn't think it was as good as The Door Within Trilogy (by the same author, Wayne Thomas Batson).  It had a couple of piraty scenes (= blood) in it, but hey, it's a pirate book!<br/><br/>I liked the fact that it wasn't set in another world like you would expect,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51785279">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was absolutely amazing - better than the Door Within series.<br/>Following former pirate's daughter Anne, and former pirate's son Cat, this book takes you on a high-seas, swashbuckling adventure.<br/>Follow Anne as she longs to become a pirate like her father was, and join Cat on the sea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81091430">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely one of my favorite books! This is a breath of freah air! <br/>Declan Ross is a pirate, and he's tired sick of it. Unfortunately, his beautiful (and somewhat rebellious) daughter Anne isn't. No, she longs to be one of the offical crew members on her father's ship. When Anne discovers a wo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72382082">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Incredible book!  Mr. Batson, with his simple, yet fast-paced writing style, knows how to spin an amazing tale!  Whipped half to death, a teen wakes on an island with no memory of who he is and how he got there.  A pouch he clutches holds a shock of hair, a small cross, and a rare green diamond pira...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26997360">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a spectacular tale of the high seas, coming of age, and courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The main characters are all good people, with the exception of the fact that they are dirty, rotten pirates. Batson has delivered another epic tale in the Christian vein. He, on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9518420">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Isle of Swords<br/><br/>Wow!  I first picked this book up back in Borders in Illinois with no idea that Mr. Batson was a Christian author.  What an awesome story that had lead to so many questions.  <br/><br/>The story begins with our future hero awakening on an island with no memory of who he i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27904918">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best pirate book I've ever read! Totally classic with all sorts of swordfighting, treasure maps, ships, betrayal, mystery, etc. Jim and I read this together and LOVED it! There are more books in the series and I can't wait to start the next one!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not your typical Pirates of the Caribbean, but it's quite the adventure! Batson truly knows how to write memorable characters-from a one armed armed cook to a French pyromaniac, this story is truly and good read. :)  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I purchased this book for my 14 yo son - after he read it, I read it.  It was marketed as Christian fiction for teens.  It is nominally Christian in theme (more 'moral' than overtly Christian) and I felt that the 'torture' sequences were a bit too graphic for our family's standards.  ]]></body>
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