false 4213531 1 <p>From the author of highly praised Trophy Chase Trilogy comes this exciting swashbuckling tale of a pirate sentenced to die for the crime of mutiny.</p> <p>As he awaits his fate, this pirate (none other than the delightful Smith Delaney from the Trophy Chase Trilogy) ponders his life and the events that have brought him to this fate.</p> <p>In the process of remembering, and in grappling with mercy and justice as they have been played out in his life, a tale is spun, a tale of true hearts wronged, noble love gone awry, dark deeds done for the sake of gold, and sacrifices made for love. In the end, our pirate will come face-to-face with himself, with his own death, and with a God who promises grace where none is deserved.</p> <p>Readers of Christian fantasy will once again be swept away by Bryan Polivka's compelling storytelling abilities. As Publisher's Weekly said of the author's first book, readers will be flipping pages eagerly.</p> 4260926 1 3 2009 Blaggard's Moon (Prequel to the Trophy Chase Trilogy) total:14|5:8|4:2|3:4|2:0|1:0| 14 60 34 8 4 3 false true Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 08 06:37:33 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 08 15:49:38 -0700 2009 1 3.5 Stars

We return to the world of Nearing Vast and Smith Delaney, squatting on his last leg, or rather his last post. Instead of his life flashing quickly before his eyes, it's a slow, pondering trek down memory lane, from beginning to end to beginning, all the dark, days in between as...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 21 17:50:08 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:54:09 -0700 2009
Forks in the road. Accidents. Love at first sight.

Death.

Yup, that one changes everything. Forever.

A lot of the time we don’t see those moments coming. Especially the last one. But Smith Delaney, t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jun 11 12:02:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:02:52 -0700 2009
The story opens with a man named Delaney sitting on a post in the middle of a jungle lake that is infested with piranah and horrible mermonkeys. As Delaney ponders how he came to be in such a predicament, the reader drifts with his memory and into a wonderful adv...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 09:53:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 09:53:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 20:56:22 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 19:45:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 11 09:53:43 -0700 2008 Sun May 03 16:42:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 12:22:57 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 13:34:46 -0700 2009 1
I enjoyed it a fair amount. I didn't find it as captivating as it...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Apr 27 11:53:33 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 13 04:07:19 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 27 11:53:33 -0700 2009
Chronologically, this story occurs before the Firefish trilogy, but if you read this one first you're apt to be disappointed with them. Press on, Polivka gets better.

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