![]() As in Song of the Current, Tolcser deftly weaves together romance, family, and politics, with a swashbuckling adventure full of twists and turns, narrated in Caro’s distinctive and forceful voice. ![]() ![]() Mixed-race Caro heads up a diverse cast of pirates, revolutionaries, assassins, and traitors, and her world grows in depth and complexity as this volume takes her beyond the slow-moving rivers where she grew up. This star-crossed-lovers setup veers swiftly off its expected course when the sea god punishes Caro for her loyalty to Markos by marooning her on a remote island, where she has to forge a shaky alliance with an old enemy to get back home. Dodging assassination attempts while trying to drum up support for the younger son of a deposed Emparch has turned out to be surprisingly boring, though, and Caro and Markos are soon faced with a difficult choice when an Akhaian noble offers Markos an army in exchange for Markos’ marrying his daughter. At the start of this sequel to Song of the Current (BCCB 5/17), seventeen-year-old Caroline Oresteia-privateer captain of the Vix and favorite of the sea god-finds herself torn between her desire for adventure and her love for Markos Andela, whose claim to the throne of Akhaia has placed him at the forefront of a revolution. ![]()
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