Chase the Morning [Paperback]

Michael Scott Rohan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1992

During a nostalgic visit to the docksides of his youth, Steve, an unassuming import/export agent, steps into another universe, where buccaneers, demigods, and mythic heroes mingle. Reprint.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (May 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038070871X
• ISBN-13: 978-0380708710
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,149,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy and adventure on the High Seas., March 10, 2004

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Jvstin "Paul Weimer" (Circle Pines, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chase the Morning (Paperback)

Chase the Morning, by Michael Scott Rohan

Steve is a Import/Export executive in a nameless British city. His impulsiveness, curiosity, and good turn to a stranger lead him to learn of a greater and more magical world just around the corner from our own. Our world, the Core is the center point of a seemingly limitless sea of lands of magic and adventure.

Voodoo, strange magic, demigods, and sea adventure a la Horatio Hornblower are the order of the day, as Steve, at first unwillingly, learns more about this strange secret outer world on its magical high seas.

Hollow inside, Steve grows and learns what it is to be a man and take responsibility through his adventures with his odd, new companions. Certainly, the book at its main is the trope of "modern man thrown into a fantasy world" but the intersection of those worlds, their dependence on each other, and the vividness of the descriptions (especially the battle scenes) make the novel work. I know now why my friend Scott seeks out novels from this British author, even though they can prove difficult and expensive to obtain here in the states.

Recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Concepts and Orginality!, January 24, 2002

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Paladin08 (Folsom, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chase the Morning (Paperback)

What I liked about this story is Rohan creates a concept that has so many possibilities that he could write and endless series of books off it(here he has written 4 so far). I didn't know what to expect next in the story because it was totally different then any other fantasy I've ever read. Highly recommend though I would have rated it higher if it was easier to get a hold of the complete series here in the United States. I would more highly recommend his Winter of the World series, but this is definitely a great read too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Workout for the Imagination, October 5, 1997

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[e-mail] (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chase the Morning (Hardcover)

I enjoyed the concept of the world that exists somewhere between the edge of reality and a magical world that evokes a time from years past. The book manages to tread this line and cross it from time to time throughout the course of the book without too much trouble. Mr. Rohan's writing is a good workout for the imagination and fills the mind with vivid imagery. A good book about a man that escapes his reality for a trip in a fantasy world where he's the hero and let's you come along for the ride. Worth the extra effort to try find this one. I'm ordering the sequel myself as soon as I'm done writing this.