On Stranger Tides (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Tim Powers
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: 1718
- Setting: The Caribbean and Florida
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Caribbean, Magic or magicians, Other worlds, Eighteenth century, Florida, Puppets or puppet plays, Accountants or accounting, Pirates
- Locales: Caribbean, Florida
The Plot
John Chandagnac is a puppeteer traveling to Jamaica to confront an uncle he has never met. John’s father died alone and in poverty, indirectly because his brother (John’s uncle) stole his inheritance. John, however, owns a share of the guilt for his father’s death.
John runs afoul of pirates, followers of the infamous Blackbeard (Thatch), and is forced to join their band. Thatch and many of his associates are sorcerers, employing the techniques of vodun (voodoo) for protection and other purposes. One of these men, the Oxford don Benjamin Hurwood, intends...
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