The King's Buccaneer | Raymond E. Feist | one of the best books I've read!

The King's Buccaneer | Raymond E. Feist | Outstanding novel that can stand on its own, worth reading

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The King's Buccaneer

	The King's Buccaneer Raymond E. Feist Spectra, 1994 - 560 pages average customer review:based on 52 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Long recovered from the ravages of the Riftwar, the land and people of the kingdom of the Isles thrive. Nicholas, the youngest son of Prince Arutha, is intelligent and gifted but vastly inexperienced. In hopes of hardening him, his father sends him and his irreverent squire, Harry, to live at Rustic Castle Crydee to learn of life beyond the halls of privilege. But within weeks of Nicholas and Harry's arrival, Crydee is viciously attacked by unknown assailants, resulting in murder, massive destruction, and the abduction of two young noblewomen. The raiders have come from a pirate haven and are no ordinary foe ... but an enemy connected to dark magical forces that threaten the lands Nicholas will someday rule -- if he survives.

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one of the best books I've read!

I was hesitant to start reading Feist because I didn't want to get involved in such a long series, but I am so glad I did. This book in particular is my favorite from the Riftwar Saga. The changes you see in young Prince Nicholas from beginning to end are a joy to read. He matures from a young rogue of a boy to a battle hardened man, seeing things in his young life that most men never see. With his companion Harry by his side he learns what it means to be a leader and also about the perils of war and death and most of all the perils of young love. The most poingnent moment to me is his return home, the changes in him and the reaction of his father Prince Arutha. A definite must read!!!!!!

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Outstanding novel that can stand on its own, worth reading

Although it is not quite as serious as the Riftwar Saga, The King's Buccaneer captures the same epic feel as Feist's earlier works. While Prince of the Blood was fun, Buccaneer takes it up a notch. Fans will love revisiting familiar characters and themes, but even new readers could join in with this volume and still very much enjoy it. The adventure is tremendous and the exploration of new lands and peoples in the world of Midkemia keeps you turning pages. Nicholas is a far more developed character than his older brothers in the previous volume. A must read for Feist fans. New readers might be better off starting with Magician: Apprentice, but could get hooked on Feist with this one.

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The making of a royal pirate? :)

This book revolves around Arutha conDoin's youngest son, Nicholas, who stands third in line for the throne of the Kingdom of the Isles, on Midkemia.

Nicholas has always been sheltered, mostly because of a lame foot that he had been born with. He is sent to Crydee, along with Nakor and Ghuda (if you read the prior book in the series, Prince Of The Blood, you would recognize those two characters) to squire for Duke Martin, in part to get him out of the sheltered court, and to give him space to grow. He is also joined by Harry, his own Squire. While there, the town is viciously attacked, virtually every building is burned down, and only those handful mistaken for dead as surviving. There are reports that the attackers had taken many captives, including Margaret, Duke Martin's daughter, and her companion Abigail. So it is that Nicholas sets off on Amos Trask's ship in hot pursuit with a small group of men to rescue the captives, believing that they have been taken to the Sunset Islands.

Instead, they find themselves travelling across the Endless Sea to Novindus, a continent unknown and unexplored by those of the Kingdom. Stranded in this strange land after their ship sinks, Nicholas and his small band of men set out to free the captives, and discover that they have stumbled on an intricate plot by the Pantathian serpent priests, a death cult, to plunge the Kingdom into chaos, and seize the Lifestone (a relic which we are introduced to in A Darkness At Sethanon, as capable of destroying all life on the planet).

Feist does an excellent job of expanding his world once more, bringing us a colorful description of the exotic Novindus, a continent with a broad mix of cultures, with each area controlled by local militias.

The heart of the novel is the growth of Nicholas. With magic, his foot is healed physically, yet whenever he is faced with a challenge, his foot hurts - excrutiatingly at first, then less with each instance, till the pain is gone. This is all a psychological metaphor, for Nicholas - facing all his fears, and throwing away the psychological crutch he had been leaning on all his life, using his lame foot as an excuse for failure or to grant him excuse for exception.

As usual, it is the characters that are Feist's strong suit. Each character comes to life, and you feel saddened at the end of the book when you have to leave them behind.

I highly recommend this book.

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Pirate power time, matey.

Nicholas, the youngest son of Arutha has been forced to lead a sheltered life and not run around with wizards, thieves, murderers, dark elves and almost get killed a lot. Really missed out this kid.

However, when he goes on a trip to Crydee, all this changes, as it is Nakor and a sea life for him, from now on.

Again what you would expect from a Feist book, in general, with the focus on a minor character, even if the conflict is perhaps a little forced given some of the more major powers could have solved it much more easily.

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