Ethan Gage Adventures The Barbary Pirates, Book 4, (Paperback)

from Skybalon

Better than the last one in the series. Quick reading and extremely lightweight but fun in any case.

from wkelly42

I started this one first of the lot that I received in the mail, and within just a few lines I knew I'd enjoy it. The book opens with this line: After I trapped three scientissts in a fire I set in a brothel, enlisted them in the theft of a stampeding wagon, got them arrested by the French secret...

from zot79

Plenty of swash is buckled here, once the yarn gets ripping. After a rather rousing start, the story bogs for a while in order for the pieces to get positioned on the board. Then the dice are rolled and Ethan Gage starts shredding the scenery with all of the enthusiasm and grit, but not quite as ...

from jenzbaker

fast pace, bawdy, flippant, sly and pessimistic humor, lots of dialogue, not much history, read the others in series first

from vernefan

A Swashbuckling Adventure of Espionage and Ancient Science William Dietrich's fourth installment of the adventures of American envoy and spy Ethan Gage, who tends to be a bit like Captain Jack Sparrow in the sense that is loyalities tend to lie with whoever offers the best deal, comes back strong...