I’ll bet my last swig of rum on that.”Īnd that they’re all running from something is the only thing that keeps them together at the beginning of the book. None of us here signed on for adventure or riches, ’cause sure as spit there’s little enough of either … But mark me, ain’t one of us that’s not running from something, you included. “We’re not a crew! The cap’n’s only cap’n ’cause he owns the aircraft I wouldn’t trust him to lead a bear to honey. I can’t describe them any better than ship’s doctor Malvery when he says:
It’s marvellous fun (with occasional breaks for misogyny), from beginning to end!ĭarian Frey is the captain of the Ketty Jay a battered but beloved airship that is home for him and his messed up crew. And in Retribution Falls Chris Wooding has taken a fractured band of pirates, slam-a-jammed them onto his dieselpunk-ish world, Atalon, where airships rule the skies thanks to the lighter-than-air gas Aerium (leave physics at the door if you’re going to enjoy this), and woven around them a deliciously knotty conspiracy that will bring them together and reveal some of their darkest secrets as they attempt to extricate themselves. Who doesn’t love a good pirate story? The adventure, the bad-assery, the derring-do, living outside of the normal day-to-day drudgery of the world – it’s quintessential escapism.
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