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The War of Knives (The Matty Graves Novels)
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by Broos Campbell
Sales Rank: 66754
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$14.45
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 320 pages
Published by: McBooks Press April 1, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1590131045
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1590131046
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
In this entertaining sequel to No Quarter, the debut installment of Campbell's Matty Graves series of historical novels, the intrepid nautical hero, newly promoted to acting lieutenant aboard the navy schooner Rattle-Snake, finds himself out of his depth on terra firma. It's 1826, and Commodore Cyrus Gaswell, a family friend and patron to the 17-year-old Graves, dispatches the lieutenant to San Domingo to investigate a rumored plot by Toussaint L'Ouverture to expand his successful slave rebellion to the United States. Once on shore, Graves hooks up with a colorful cast of shady characters: Alonzo Connor, "a gentleman of color" who claims to represent the U.S. War Department; Connor's black secretary, George Franklin; the Parson, a shadowy figure identified with "the White Hand," a racist society committed to removing all nonwhites from America; and Juge, a soldier in Toussaint's army who serves as Graves's guide. None are whom they claim, and they're all soon caught up in a deadly local struggle—the War of Knives. With only a bare-bones historical foundation, Campbell constructs an elaborate swashbuckling tale that will appeal especially to fans of high historical adventure. (Apr.)
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Product Review
"[Campbell's] knowledge of sailing ships and nautical dialogue shines . . . a rollicking good yarn that makes you laugh and cry." —Historical Novels Review
"[Campbell's] characters continue to be credible and his plot fast paced. Don't start this one at bedtime; you'll be up all night!" —William H. White, author, the Oliver Baldwin series
"The mix of characters is so convincingly drawn that you feel you could sit down and talk to them yourself." —Jay Worrall, author, Any Approaching Enemy
Reader Reviews
If Huck Finn ran away to sea in the early days of the U. S. Navy, he might sound a lot like Matty Graves in Broos Campbell's bracing adventure series. In a mission ashore in revolutionary San Domingo (later Haiti) in 1800, Matty braves infighting between the forces of iconic former slave leader "Father" Toussaint L'Ouverture and his renegade mulatto general Pétion in search of absolution for his own demons. Plunging us into the heart of darkness of guerrilla warfare, Campbell serves up vivid characters and plenty of bloody action. But it's Matty's wry, increasingly acute observations on life, honor, justice, and war--undeclared, civil, righteous and otherwise--that gives the series its dark, sardonic kick.
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