Friday, January 18, 2008

Piratica

Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl’s Adventure Upon the High Seas
Presented Most Handsomely by the Notorious Tanith Lee


Sixteen-year-old Artemesia (Art) Blastside doesn’t remember any other life than the cold, confined one of the Angel’s Academy for Young Maidens. Then one day she hits her head and remembers. She remembers her mother, Piratica, the daring Pirate Queen of the Seas, weaving in and out of a fight with her silver cutlass. She remembers her mother’s crew, a medley of men, some grizzled and some barely older than herself. She remembers sailing away in the sunset, chests full of jewels and gold, and her mother’s pink version of the Jolly Roger, the “Jolly Molly,” flying high above her head as she scampered up the rigging. And so Art, not able to stand living at the horrid academy a moment longer than the six years she’s already spent there, runs away. But the truth is that Molly Faith, Piratica, Queen of the High Seas, is dead, having been blown up by one of her own cannons. When Art meets her mother’s old crew, they are working as advertising a coffee company, riding the dinky ship the Pirate Coffee. Art convinces the men to come with her to be real pirates again, and, with much grumbling, and murmurs of, “She’s not Molly,” they agree. Art, taking on her mother’s title of Piratica, captures her first ship and makes it her own, renaming it the Unwelcome Stranger and flying above it the Jolly Molly. A cruel pirate captain, Little Goldie Girl, wants a map in Art’s possession, and Art begins to think that it’s real treasure map, not a fake. So, setting out with her crew, her mother’s parrot, Plunqwette, and Muck, the Cleanest Dog in England, Art sails toward the treasure island, and whatever waits there for her.

Though the puns and sometimes ridiculous play on words quickly get old, Piratica is worth reading if you’re interested in pirates and life on the high seas. Look for both Piratica II: Return to Parrot Island and Piratica III: The Family Sea (not released in the U.S. yet).

20 comments:

  1. I LURVE THIS BOOK!!! Pirates + Actors + Mystery + Boarding Schools = Sheer awesome. *dances around room* Only Tanith Lee could think of a title like Piratica. Has anyone read the sequel? I have. The villain is still wholesomely villainous.

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  2. I've read the sequel, but not book 3 yet. And hey, if you like Piratica then you also might enjoy Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer; it's REALLY good.

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  3. I KNOW! I KNOW! Can't wait 'til September 1st, 2008. A grand day in history that shall be *leers at next bloody jack title*

    *Aella siofra*

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  4. I loved this book! I can't wait for the third one to be released in the U.S. ^^

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  5. Oh it sounds cute! Pirates have really become the "thing" nowadays since Pirates of the Carribbean came out haven't they?

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  6. Lady Tink: I believe the first Piratica came out before the first PotC movie.

    Tyto: Bloody Jack is an awesome series!

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  7. I'll be checking this one out. Oh, and I might sign up for the Royalty Rules Challenge too. I'm gonna look through the books on my TBR pile and see what qualifies. :-)

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  8. (Unrelated to post)
    You've been tagged for a meme if you'd like to play!
    http://theshadyglade.blogspot.com/2008/01/reading-meme.html

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  9. when does the third Piratica come out in the U.S???

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  10. PLEASE TELL ME WHEN THE THIRD ONE COMES OUT IN THE U.S I NEED TO KNOW!!! I AM CANT WAIT ANY LONGER!!

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  11. OOPS I DIDNT MEAN TO SAY I AM I MENT I CANT WAIT ANY LONGER!!

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  12. Tanith Lee states on her website that Piratica III will be published in the US in early September. So far there's no actual date, though.

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  13. thanks whats her website?

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  14. Her website is:
    http://www.TanithLee.com/

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  15. i looked on that website and didnt see any thing about her third book must have missed it. thanks though

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  16. I absolutely feel in love with this book, it is amazing and the second will probably be just as good.

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  17. Ihave read the third book and have only one question. is there a fourth book? I just feel in my heart htat there should be. Come on the book ends with Felix __________ and with Art's crew presuming _______________. It just can't end like that, it can't!!!!

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  18. book 3 ruins everything....if piratica is your bible....don't read it!

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  19. Having recently attained books 2 and 3, I encourage people not to read them. Book 2 whilst being an entertaining adventure, leaves you craving a sequel and book 3 of the series is not something any Piratica fan will enjoy.

    Leave it at the first book. It's wonderful and exciting, just as the tale should be.

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  20. at first i thought the 2nd book wasnt as good as the first. it is entertaining but the first will always be the best. my fav part being when felix rescued her from the gallows! :)... so most of you are saying i shouldnt try the third book???

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