As I settle back in a leather-cushioned library chair, looking out the window at the traffic passing through the rain, I find myself thinking on many things. On books, which surround me here. On life, which of late has been challenging and exciting and even tragic. On pirates.
I have to think on pirates, because today begins the April Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog Tour, and we are touring Blaggard’s Moon by George Bryan Polivka — and while it is a book about challenges and excitement and tragedies, all very relevant to me just now, it is also a book about pirates.
Blaggard’s Moon is the first of Polivka’s books that I’ve read, which is a good thing because it’s a prequel to his previously published Trophy Chase Trilogy, and frankly, it annoys me to read prequels after the fact. I had heard rumours of his work before, murmurings about ships and firefish, but I didn’t know much about him. I’ll admit to feeling skeptical about what a Christian fantasy pirate novel would have to offer; in my mind I tried to splice Jack Sparrow and the Bible together and it just didn’t work.
So I was struck as I read by several things: the skill of the author, the ability of truth to work in every genre, and most of all the relevance of pirates to all our lives. Tomorrow I’ll write a review of the book, and Wednesday I’ll come back to this issue of relevance — to the big questions this book asks and the answers it does (and sometimes doesn’t) give.
In the meantime, check out George Bryan Polivka’s Web site, www.nearingvast.com , a creaky, salty sort of place, to learn more about his swashbuckling works. And if you’d like to read what others have to say, check out the rest of the blog tour at the links below.
Brandon Barr
Jennifer Bogart
Keanan Brand
Melissa Carswell
Amy Cruson
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Karina Fabian
Alex Field
Marcus Goodyear
Todd Michael Greene
Ryan Heart
Timothy Hicks
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Kait
Carol Keen
Mike Lynch
Magma
Margaret
Melissa Meeks
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Nissa
John W. Otte
Steve Rice
Crista Richey
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Rachel Starr Thomson
Steve Trower
Speculative Faith
Jason Waguespack
Fred Warren
Phyllis Wheeler
Jill Williamson
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