The Black Lung Captain (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #2)

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Darian Frey is down on his luck He can barely keep his squabbling crew fed and his rickety aircraft in the sky Even the simplest robberies seem to go wrong It s getting so a man can t make a dishonest living any.Enter Captain Grist He s heard about a crashed aircraft laden with the treasures of a lost civilisation, and he needs Frey s help to get it There s only one problem The craft is lying in the trackless heart of a remote island, populated by giant beasts and subhuman monsters.Dangerous, yes Suicidal, perhaps Still, Frey s never let common sense get in the way of a fortune before But there s something other than treasure on board that aircraft Something that a lot of important people would kill for And it s going to take all of Frey s considerable skill at lying, cheating and stealing if he wants to get his hands on itStrap yourself in for another tale of adventure and debauchery, pilots and pirates, golems and daemons, double crosses and double double crosses The crew of the Ketty Jay are back Best Download [ The Black Lung Captain (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #2) ] author [ Chris Wooding ] – kino-fada.fr Malcolm Reynolds Darian Frey is the captain of a spaceship Firefly flying ship Ketty Jay Sorry about the confusion, but these are very similar and thus are easy to get mixed up Anyway, Captain Frey seemingly had never heard the famous expression if it sounds too good to be true, it most probably is He fell for yet another get rich quick offer and as a result he and his crew have to dodge bullets flying at them from literally every direction practically non stop through the whole book Let m Malcolm Reynolds Darian Frey is the captain of a spaceship Firefly flying ship Ketty Jay Sorry about the confusion, but these are very similar and thus are easy to get mixed up Anyway, Captain Frey seemingly had never heard the famous expression if it sounds too good to be true, it most probably is He fell for yet another get rich quick offer and as a result he and his crew have to dodge bullets flying at them from literally every direction practically non stop through the whole book Let me start with bad pats about this installment to get it over with The overall general plot is exactly the same as the previous one Frey is caught up in his own petty sc... The Black Lung Captain continues the story of a rogue and irresistible to women airship pilot small time smuggler, setting out with his crew on the adventures full of fun and debauchery Sounds familiar and this time, they are chasing a mysterious and powerful artifact that is about to fall in the wrong hands Again, sounds familiarDo you know how much I love Harrison Ford Let me give you a hint My card is a Ford It has a name My Ford is named Harrison YeahBlack Lung Captain, the The Black Lung Captain continues the story of a rogue and irresistible to women airship pilot small time smuggler, setting out with his crew on the adventures full of fun and debauchery Sounds familiar and this time, they are chasing a mysterious and powerful artifact that is about to fall in the wrong hands Again, sounds familiarDo you know how much I love Harrison Ford Let me give you a hint My card is a Ford It has a name My Ford is named Harrison YeahBlack Lung Captain, the second in Chris Wooding s The Tales of the Ketty Jay steampunk ish series, in the very Han Solo ish and Indiana Jones ish in its spirit of fun and adventure Do not look for profound moral lessons or life changing experience from ...So far, this is the best rag tag team steampunk series that I read lately.After read the second book of Ketty Jay, I perceive the 4 book series as a closely linked series On this second book, character development is the focus view spoiler I see only Malvery that has no significant development on this book Other characters are developing well, even the silent Silo hide spoiler The plot of this book is not as tight as the first book.The storytelling is very similar with the first book Pe So far, this is the best rag tag team steampunk series that I read lately.After read the second book of Ketty Jay, I perceive the 4 book series as a closely linked series On this second book, character development is the focus view spoiler I see only Malvery that has no significant development on this book Other characters are developing well, even the silent Silo hide spoiler The plot of this book is not as tight as the first book.The storytelling is very similar with the fi...Book one 3.75 Book two 4.25 They ll both get 4 s due to the lack of granularity available but book two was far superior for me in every aspect to book one The story was better There wasaction,surprises, better insight into the world and the characters I think the thing I liked best was although still a fun swashbuckling tale we such so muchdepth into every character You felt their pain The writer took a much deeper dive into their persona and the empathy bleed through f Book one 3.75 Book two 4.25 They ll both get 4 s due to the lack of granularity available but book two was far superior for me in every aspect to book one The story...Actual rating 3.99999999 starsGet it Good.Introducing.Captain Darian Frey 2.0 Now withhumour More kick ass action More adventure and fun and stuff More blood and gore More awesome villains More cool aerial or not fights More pretty much everything insert sigh of relief here That was a close one I mean, I almost didn t read this instalment Book 1 was alright, but not the oh wow this is so entertaining and boom Captain Frey you re mine let me kidnap you and lock you up in Actual rating 3.99999999 starsGet it Good.Introducing.Captain Darian Frey 2.0 Now withhumour More kick ass action More adventure and fun and stuff More blood and gore More awesome villains More cool aerial or not fights More pretty much everything insert sigh of relief here That was a close one I mean, I almost didn t read this instalment Book 1 was alright, but not the oh wow this is so entertaining and boom Captain Frey you re mine let me kidnap you and lock you up in my harem for later use swashbuckling adventure I was expecting Because, seriously, this guy is supposed to be a rogue Please He is the most unroguish rogue I have ever met in the entirety of my entire life Oh he tries, I ll give you that That s the problem, actually He tries too hard and ...Bang, straight back into the reading groove after a coupla iffy books in my world of reading with this entertaining tale Loved the first in the series mainly due to its characters interaction between the crew who are in reality a bunch of misfits who somehow against all the odds gel as a crew Not much backstory was part of the first book you were cast straight into the plot this episode givesabout each of the crew in turn whilst the plot treasure hunt unfolds ge Bang, straight back into the reading groove after a coupla iffy books in my world of reading with this entertaining tale Loved the first in the series mainly due to its characters interaction between the crew who are in reality a bunch of misfits who somehow against all the odds gel as a crew Not much backstory was part of the first book you were cast straight into the plot this episode givesabout each of the crew in turn whilst the plot treasure hunt unfolds genial it is You get to learn about each crew members dysfunction or past history which made them thus it certainly makes for good reading for the most part the only one I dinny like was that of the Captain view spoiler Who turns out to be a love sick puppy really drags the read down at times, it really did start to grind jus a bit at the ludicrous amount of times he got his fingers burned hide spoile...Dave s Quick JudgementTHE DEFENSEThe villains are really good at being bad The heroes are also really good at being bad Many subplots introduced in the first novel are moved forward in exciting ways Loads of laugh out loud moments despite the story being darker this time around Wooding s world building abilities have improvedTHE PROSECUTIONThe absense of crucial team members at times interrupts the flow of the story which is sorta the point Wooding is trying to make ab Dave s Quick JudgementTH...Fun swashbuckling adventure Should probably be read while drinking a glass of Captain s and Coke for fully immersive enjoyment The characters grew on me as they went throughtribulations and started to transform with experience, even Frey One I need to add to ...Deep in the heart of the Kurg rainforest lies a long forgotten wreck On board, behind a magically protected door, an elusive treasure awaits Good thing Darian Frey, captain of the airship Ketty Jay, has the daemonist Crake on board Crake is their best chance of getting that door open if they can sober him up In this installment of Tales of the Ketty Jay, Darian Frey is back to his old tricks He s robbing an orphanage in the beginning of this book, and that didn t endear him to me much By Deep in the heart of the Kurg rainforest lies a long forgotten wreck On board, behind a magically protected door, an elusive treasure awaits Good thing Darian Frey, captain of the airship Ketty Jay, has the daemonist Crake on board Crake is their best chance of getting that door open if they can sober him up In this installment of Tales of the Ketty Jay, Darian Frey is back to his old tricks He s robbing an orphanage in the beginning of this book, and that didn t endear him to me much By the end of the last book Frey had learned a few things and for a little while I thought he had forgotten every one of them, but he ended up proving me wrong Yet again Chris Wooding surprises me with the character growth of not only the main character, but all of them Even the cat, Slag gets a tiny part of a chapter in his point of view I still...E ovo je vrsta knjige koju lako mogu da zamislim kao holivudski blokbaster Jednostavna pri a koja je interesantno ispri ana, likovi koji nisu previ e kompleksni ali opet dovoljno interesantni i realni, gomila akcije koja je sve impresivnija kako se kraj primi e Dosadno vam sigurno ne e biti pa...

The Black Lung Captain (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #2)
  • English
  • 13 February 2017
  • Paperback
  • 442 pages
  • 0575085185
  • Chris Wooding
  • The Black Lung Captain (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #2)