The ship is attacked by pirates on board the Moonraker, and rather than build up any tension, the ship is attacked and exploded within a paragraph. He sets sail on the Picksie, a ship whose captain has a deep relationship with. She lets him glimpse his future and he sees images he’ll then encounter in the course of the book. He’s also sensitive and saves a witch from being stoned. Our hero, Jacky Jacka, not only has a girl’s name but is often described as being particularly feminine in his beauty with his long golden hair, rosy cheeks and ‘eyes of the greenish-blue of the deep water near the rocks.’ Not much is done with his prettiness, which is surprising given the twist towards the end of the book. It’s framed as a yarn being told by an old salt, with the first few chapters being a peculiar mix of purple prose and seaman’s slang. It’s a short novel that covers a lot of material, from pirates, to women’s liberation and the betrayal of Toussaint L’Overture. Published in 1927 it wished to capture the same spirit as Treasure Island and the similarly named Moonfleet. Moonraker is an adventure novel written by an author with the wonderful name of Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse.
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