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The Black Lung Captain

Tales of the Ketty Jay, Book 2

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The Black Lung Captain

By: Chris Wooding
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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Darian Frey is down on his luck. He can barely keep his squabbling crew fed and his rickety aircraft in the sky. Even the simplest robberies seem to go wrong. It's getting so a man can't make a dishonest living any more.

Enter Captain Grist. He's heard about a crashed aircraft laden with the treasures of a lost civilisation, and he needs Frey's help to get it. There's only one problem. The craft is lying in the trackless heart of a remote island, populated by giant beasts and subhuman monsters.

Dangerous, yes. Suicidal, perhaps. Still, Frey's never let common sense get in the way of a fortune before. But there's something other than treasure on board that aircraft. Something that a lot of important people would kill for. And it's going to take all of Frey's considerable skill at lying, cheating and stealing if he wants to get his hands on it....

Strap yourself in for another tale of adventure and debauchery, pilots and pirates, golems and daemons, double-crosses and double-double-crosses. The crew of the Ketty Jay are back!

©2019 Chris Wooding (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy
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Chris Wooding’s stories and characters are fantastically written and his books come alive because of Rupert Degas’ amazing talent. I would never have listened to these books otherwise. Congratulations to both of you.

What a combination!

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I love the characters who are perfectly imperfect. The story and plot are great and the narration is excellent!

Brilliant!

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Rupert was too good. The array of voices and personalities he brought with them. Superb.

Rupert, what can I say; was brilliant.

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This has the greatest airship battles ever written. truly epic. You can feel the tension.

wow

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Great follow on from Retribution Falls. Strong plotting, great characters being further developed from consequences in the prequel and another belting performance from Mr Degas! Highly recommended but ensure books are read in order.

As a side note, when you look at some of the dross being released on TV, how this series hasn't been optioned escapes me. Seriously, this is begging to be brought to life!

So chuffed this now available

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Loved the story and the narration is fantastic - compliments the story so well. Will be grabbing the next in the series.

Loved it

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