The Red Comet
- Liquid Frost
- Apr 27, 2016
- 2 min read
The author reached out via email asking for a review. I'm not into historical fiction, but since this is an episodic, I figured I'd check out the free, short ebook. Obviously this isn't a full story. There are numerous character/stories unfolding that appear to all be connected to the Red Comet and ultimately the Fiji Islands. If there are historical characters - they got lost on me; not my known history. One stumble for me - all the unique names and places. It kept me from flowing in and out of the threads. Maybe if I wasn't me and grew up somewhere across the pond the names wouldn't have been as odd? So, snippets of a story. Some of the characters were pretty interesting and it was fun seeing that era unfold in a land other than mine. At this time, kindle unlimited makes this a free download. Author style - I think there is talent in the words. This is the beginning of a vast jig-saw puzzle. 4 of 5 Stars - ARC provided.
From the Publisher:
Delve into the early 19th century's world and accompany the journeys of several historical and fictional characters, whose fates are to converge towards the Fiji islands, while the world is shaken by Napoleonic wars, struggles for independences, global trade, anti-slavery movements and clashes of civillisations.
What if the vision of a red comet announced the end of the old world in the Fiji islands? What if that red comet was but a sign for the future arrival of gun fire and redheads, such as the troubled teenager Peter Dillon, struggling with his identity in an unpoverished Ireland?
In 1799's India, when George Wilson is shot at the battle of Seringapatam, opposing the British Empire to the kingdom of Mysore, it triggers a series of events that will change the lives of many people, amongst whom a Scottish soldier, Anthony Burnside, and along, Ganesh, a small Indian boy who is forced on a journey across the ocean aboard the Earl Abergavenny, a ship of the British East India Company bound for Canton on her way back to England.
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