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Wyvern
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Wyvern (1988) (edit title/settings)

by A. A. Attanasio (Author) (edit contributors)

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Fans of adventure yarns may relish this blend of fantasy and historical fiction if they take to the author's baroque, tinted prose and lush imagination. Jaki Gefjon, son of a native Borneo woman and a Dutch sea captain, starts life as witch-doctor's slave and apprentice. Later kidnapped by... read more

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From back cover: 1609. A time when navigation was more art than science, when the whole wide world was thought of as plunder. This is the time when Jaki Gefjon was born in the dark jungle of Borneo. A fair-skinned half-breed, Jaki is outcast as a devil child. Until he emerges from the jungle... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

From back cover: 1609. A time when navigation was more art than science, when the whole wide world was thought of as plunder. This is the time when Jaki Gefjon was born in the dark jungle of Borneo. A fair-skinned half-breed, Jaki is outcast as a devil child. Until he emerges from the jungle and enters upon an epic adventure; through times of violence, treachery, mysticism, love, and loss.

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  • Jaki Gefjon: son of a native Borneo woman and a Dutch sea captain. Born with blonde hair and blue eyes, he is feared by the other native people. Becomes slave and apprentice to Jabalwan, pirate with Captain Pym and a gentalmen with Captain Quarles and his daughter Lucinda.
  • Jabalwan: Borneo witch doctor(Soul Catcher-medicineman), mentor to Jaki
  • Captain Trevor Pym: Captain of famed man of war Wyvern ship. Pirate. Flies the flag of serpent
  • Captain William Quarles: Captain of the European ship. Arch-rival of Pym and father of Lucinda(Jaki's love interest)
  • Lucinda Quarles: Jaki's love interest. Daughter of Captain William Quarles.
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Dawn built a temple of clouds above the jungle.

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  1. A. A. Attanasio (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0899194095
Page Count: 422

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