On Stranger Tides is a 1988 historical fantasy novel written by Tim Powers. It was reprinted in 2006 by Babbage Press with a limited edition in 2008 from Subterranean Press. It was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
This book follows the exploits of John "Jack Shandy" Chandagnac, who travels to the new world after the death of his puppeteer father to confront his uncle, who apparently ...
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On Stranger Tides is a 1988 historical fantasy novel written by Tim Powers. It was reprinted in 2006 by Babbage Press with a limited edition in 2008 from Subterranean Press. It was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
This book follows the exploits of John "Jack Shandy" Chandagnac, who travels to the new world after the death of his puppeteer father to confront his uncle, who apparently has made off with the family inheritance. During the voyage, he gets to know a woman named Beth Hurwood and her father Benjamin Hurwood, an Oxford professor. Before they arrive, their ship is waylaid by pirates and, with the help of the professor and his assistant, the captain is killed and Chandagnac is forced to join the pirate crew. The reader discovers a sinister plot being concocted by the professor involving his dead wife, his living daughter, the Fountain of Youth, and Blackbeard. Chandagnac, now known as "Jack Shandy", must put a stop...
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