The Ring of the Slave Prince   by Bjarne Reuter Andersen Press, 2004, 372 pages, ISBN 1842703706

How easy was it to get stuck into this book?
This book follows Tom O'Connor, a young boy living with his mother and half sister in the Caribbean and the huge adventure which he embarks on around the Caribbean and across the oceans. It has the all the elements of a good swashbuckling adventure and is great fun to read.

Who are the main characters?
The main character is Tom O'Connor, who is a half Irish boy living with his mother and Sister Feodora on the island of St Nevis, in the Caribbean. Other important characters in the book include a crazed Spaniard who goes by the name of Ramon the Pious, the infamous pirate captain C.W Bull and a black slave named Nyo Boto who befriends Tom.

What's the storyline?
The story follows Tom as one day he finds the crazed Spaniard Ramon shipwrecked but still in possession of a very valuable black slave. He takes the pair home and is promised a share of the riches, but is tricked by Ramon and soon sets off after him across the Caribbean where he does all sorts of things including being a slave overseer, cabin boy and blacksmith.

How's it written?
The book has a lot of action in it, and would probably be best suited for middling to older readers.

Other books by the same author that Tim knows about?
None.

The overall verdict is
Really good stuff

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