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Island of Captain Sparrow

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Shipwrecked through an odd tidal tunnel inside a cliff-enclosed island in the Pacific, Charlton cares little about his own life or tropical beauty. But the invalid protagonist soon discovers that this landfall proves no forest idyll, for it hosts three diverse populations: an enigmatic people who predate the pyramids, with their mirror which sees into the future; a race of verbal and social satyrs; and a breed of hybrid bestiality--the descendants of the pirate crew of Captain Sparrow, his son and various derelict women brought into his privcate kingdom.
Add to this jungle mix the spice of three French castaways--one of whom is a comely maiden--and readers have the ingredients for a delicious variety of adventurous scenarios.

This ia a ripping good fantasy yarn with its exotic setting, major cultural clashes, and the usual fodder of exiting plotlines: greed, ambition, adventure and lust for sex and power. The author even indulges in brief asides to comment on male or female attributes, or the essense of humanity--but never in such a way as to cripple the pace. The novel makes for smooth reading, with refreshing alternation of action, narration and reflection. Can two Europoeans create a true Utopia in ths almost untouched world? Egos and emotions clash in the night, as Charlton and Marcelle are recast as a primeval Adam and Eve in this unique world. Will frail Charlton prove the catalyst for the destruction--or the salvation--of this island which time seems to have forgotten?