1. Teil einer Serie
Inhalt:
The saga tells the story of Gabriel St. Croix, a street survivor searching for a place to belong. Abandoned as a child and raised in a brothel, he has never known friendship or affection. Hiding physical and emotional scars behind an icy façade, his only relationship is with a young boy he has spent the last five years protecting from the brutal reality of their environment. But all that is about to change. The boy’s family has found him, and they are coming to take him home. When he’s located, safe and unharmed despite where he has been living, his sister Sarah Munroe vows to help the man who rescued and protected him in any way she can. With loving patience she helps Gabriel face his demons and teaches him to trust in friendship and love. But when the past catches up with him, Gabriel must face it on his own. Becoming a mercenary, pirate, and professional gambler, he travels to London, France, and the Barbary Coast in a desperate attempt to find Sarah again. On the way, however, he will discover the most dangerous journey and the greatest gamble of all is within the darkest reaches of his own heart.
Kommentar:
Toller Debütroman, allerdings mit kleinen Schwächen im Aufbau bzw. Mittelteil: Gabriels »Reise« ist zu ausführlich und dabei zu emotionslos geraten – die Erzählung gleicht hier zu sehr einem Reisebericht, der notwendigerweise erzählt werden muss, um die Geschichte zu einem dramatischen Ende zu bringen. Die Story und ihre Protagonisten, vor allem natürlich Gabriel, sind aber zu Anfang und Ende des Buchs so ausgesprochen mitreißend, dass das (fast) alle Kritikpunkte wieder aufwiegt. Wirklich ein wundervolles, eindringlichesm, gefühlvolles und sehr intensives Buch zum Mitleiden, Seufzen, Stöhnen, Lachen und Weinen!
Wertung:
13/15 – Trotz kleiner Schwächen auf jeden Fall lesenswert!
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