A Rousing Pirate Tale: A Review of P. S. Bartlett’s Demons & Pearls
(available through Amazon in paperback and for Kindle), ISBN: 978-1511572552 By Joey Madia About 18 months ago, I reviewed P. S. Bartlett’s Fireflies , which I touted as a “novel that tells, simply and elegantly, the story of a family’s love.” Although family love is a strong undercurrent in her latest offering (the second book in the “Razor’s Adventures” series), Demons & Pearls is a much different read, taking as its subject matter the high-adventure world of pirates in the 1700s. Pirates are immensely popular these days, with the success of Black Sails on Starz, last year’s take on Edward “Blackbeard” Teach by NBC, called Crossbones starring John Malkovich, and the buzz around the latest installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. There are also an increasing number of re-enactors and cos play participants donning pirate attire and a national “talk like a pirate day” that is always fun to...