Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe

Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe
by James M. Ward

Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe
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Author: James M. Ward
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-31
ISBN: 0765351102
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Tor Books

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Book Review: Sail on, Halcyon Blithe!
Summary: 5 Stars

I was afraid this book would be too close in plot/characters to either C.S.Forester's Hornblower books or Naomi Novik's Temeraire novels, but I was pleasantly surprised by it. It kept me reading until I'd finished the whole thing in one gulp. I am looking forward very much to starting the second book later today.
In answer to a previous review, at least some of the sea chanteys that are included in the text are versions of historical chanteys from the 1800s and probably earlier, slightly changed to match this context. I recognized some of them from a record I had back when I was in high school (in the mid-Pleistocene). Perhaps they're all versions of existing chanteys and some of them just weren't on my record.

Summary of Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe

Halcyon Blithe, being a young man of good breeding and lineage as well as endowed with those qualities and abilities of a sorcerous nature and wishing to fulfill his full potential, is ready to assume his proper place in the world. He aims to seek his fortune among those who tend and sail the awesome nautical juggernauts-the dragonships. With this in mind, Blithe gladly accepts his rank as Midshipwizard and becomes a member of the crew who man the dragonships-vessels which harness the bodies and strength of living dragons with seafaring technology.

Combining elements of Hornblower with Harry Potter, and Robert Louis Stevenson with Robin Hobb, Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe is a nautical tale rich in magic and intrigue. A tale set against a panorama of fantastic naval battle as we follow the career of a young midshipwizard as he moves up through the ranks of His Majesty's Navy.

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