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Pirata

By: Simon Scarrow, T. J. Andrews
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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It is AD 25. Pirate ships strike terror in the hearts of those who brave the seas of the Roman Empire.

When young Telemachus gets the chance to join the crew of the merchant ship Selene, he's delighted to escape the rough streets of Piraeus. He knows little of the dangers of life at sea. And even past hardship has not prepared him for the terror on board when a pirate ship appears on the horizon....

The fight is bloody, but the result is never in doubt. Then the victorious pirate chief, Bulla, offers the beaten men a cruel choice: join us, or die. After surviving a brutal initiation rite, Telemachus impresses his new captain with his resourcefulness and strength and swiftly rises through the pirate ranks. But dangerous rivals talk of mutiny and murder. While Prefect Canis, notorious commander of the imperial fleet, will stop at nothing to take control of the Adriaticum from the pirate brotherhood.

Could Telemachus be the man to lead the pirate brotherhood and challenge Rome?

©2019 Simon Scarrow (P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Ancient Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Sea Adventures Thriller & Suspense War & Military Pirate Adventure Heartfelt Military Rome

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l really enjoyed this book immensely, I highly recommend this book to you all. Enjoy

Excellent.

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A little ridiculous; a 17 yr old becoming a captain and leader of all the pirates within 5 minutes of arriving as a deck hand is too unbelievable - his attitude would have just got him murdered! He also seems to be able to kill Roman Legionaries and Optios too easily. The whole story is rushed and it is hard to support or empathise with pirates.

Not as good as the Macro and Cato stories

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This is very much a Simon Scarrow story. We have a clear-cut hero although in this case the hero is actually a criminal. While the brutality of elements of the Roman Empire would definitely lead to revolt sometimes it’s tricky to empathise with a hero and his group who are fundamentally murderers and thieves. Having said that, putting some of these things aside I enjoyed the story.

Interesting take.

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Jonathan Keeble could bring anything to life, but doesn't have to work too hard with this one. The setting and structure of the story is enjoyable and feeds the imagination, and generally quite a good fun read, if the dialogue is a bit one dimensional and the lead character a bit uninspiring, but amazingly lands on his feet.

Masterful performance, solid tale

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As ever Simon delivers a great story and the narration is excellent. However given that the chief protagonist is a pirate with all the inhuman nastiness that involves, I constantly had to suppress the lack of sympathy for his ‘plight’ and regularly didn’t agree with the general intimation that the Roman’s were the ‘bad guys’.

Great story but...

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