Angel's Command: A Tale from the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman

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Summary: The Angel's Command is EPIC!
Review: The Angel's Command is another great, epic tale from Brian Jacques. It is as compelling as Castaways of the Flying Dutchman. In this great tale, Ben and Ned have found a new friend that happens to be a French Buccaneer. A conflict arises and Ben and Ned are forced to flee with the Frenchman. They sail into the high sea as two enemy ships pursue them. This is the part that gets addicting as the action rises.
I found it very hard to put this book down after getting into it. But there is one disappointing factor; there were no mysteries or puzzles that needed to be solved. The puzzle in Castaways of the Flying Dutchman was pretty cool. That is about the only mistake that Brian Jacques made in his new book.
I can't wait for Brian Jacques next book, weather it's a Red Wall tale or a Dutchman tale...


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Summary: More of Ben and Ned
Review: Better than the first Flying Dutchman book, Ben and Ned meet more charecter's you'll love (and some you'll hate) as they are forced to go back to the sea in the first part of the book. After their adventures on the wide ocean, they go inland so face their hardest challeneges yet.
Whether you are a younger Redall fan looking for more Brian Jacques or on older person (or Redwall fan) looking for a good story told by a master storyteller, "The Angel's Command" fits the bill. It is necessary, though, to read the first in the series ("Castaways of the Flying Dutchman") first.

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Summary: Jacques pleases yet again
Review: I am a great fan of all of Brian Jacques' works, and this book lived up to his legacy.

You could pick up this novel and understand the story line without reading the first Dutchman book, which is always a sign of a good story. The plot flowed very fluently, and the rhythm kept me on my toes throughout the book.

The characters were strong and well-formed, in fact, they were beautifully realistic. The flaws and gifts counterbalanced each other wonderfully, making me laugh and cry at the antics and heartbreak.

Overall, I'd say that this is a book for anyone who loves books, regardless of age. Ignore the recommended reading levels, and just enjoy a great read.

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I am here to tell you that this is a very good book and that anyone that gives it Five Stars has the right idea.Oh,and the pirates and privateers do not just sit around and say 'arr', and anyone that can't figure out that when the author reffered to a 'musket' he did not mean a rifle, I am sorry for that person.

P.S. You realy have to read the first book in the series first.

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Summary: Second Book in a great series
Review: I found this book good. It kept me up late at night. But i think it didn't reach the quality of the original Castaway of the flying dutchman. In that book, Ben and Ned seemed better then Angel's Command. In Angel's command, they seem too ..... heavenly and good to be counted as real. Often times when i read it, i felt i was reading a good ole fairy tale with flat characters. The story also didn't have Brian's trademark of puzzles and strange maps ( like in Castaway and all the Redwall books). It almost see a straight forward adventure.

Overall i thought this was a good book, but most of the characters act too heavenly and good for me.

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Summary: Average but still Enjoyable
Review: I gave this book an "average" rating because it was somewhat amusing in plot but not an outstanding read. With that said, I would like to mention that my 8 year old absolutely loved it because of the way the dog and boy communicate mentally.

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Summary: Blown away!
Review: I was attracted to this series after meeting Brian Jaques while he was on tour. He he said then that he had had more fun writing "The Angel's Command" then he had in a long time. That got me interested, so I read "Castaways Of The Flying Dutchman" and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I read "The Angel's Command" and was totally blown away. When I put down the book, I just sat there, not knowing what to do. I now officially like this series even more than Redwall (which says a lot!). And I eagerly await the next book. This is a MUST read.

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Summary: Good, but not excellent
Review: My younger sister introduced me to this series about a week ago. The Castaways of the Flying Dutchman was great-it had everything. But when I picked up this book, I was a little bit disappointed. I really liked the first story in this book (extreme action, nautical setting, Ben's past coming back to haunt him...)but the second...

What I didn't like was that the book lacked one important thing that all Redwall books, and this book's prequel have- a riddle. One of the reason that I love the Redwall books is because there is a riddle that the main characters have to solve.

On the positive side, this book has really deep characters that have real personality. The setting and the plot are believable enough (until you meet the Razan's- then it's too far-out for me) and you can relate to (and sympathize with) the characters.

Not as great as the first book, but if you really love the first book and are craving for more, go ahead and read it!

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Summary: Good, but not excellent
Review: The Angels Command is work of art that is just fun to read. i enjoyed reading this book so much, that i read it in two days! jacques created a deep feeling of character and he really put the characters through exciting events. after reading this book i got a sense of what it would probably be like if i were to live forever. it is a wonderful book, that really brings you in with it, and makes you feel like you just went through what the characters did. i definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes books that keep you guessing, wondering, crying, and laughing. this is definitely an adventure book, tied in with some fictional events and characters.

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Summary: "A surety that Good will tirumph over Evil, always!"
Review: This is the second in the series "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman." Like the first book, Castaways, this book is really two books, two completely separate stories involving the same characters (although there is a return to the first story at the end of the book). As with Castaways, Angel's Command begins with a naval adventure. But instead of traveling with the demonic Captain Vanderdecken, Ben and Ned find themselves onboard a pirate ship with a kindly French captain who has tricked a ruthless Spaniard out of his treasure. The French buccaneers must also outrun an English privateer, hot on their tail. What follows is an exciting chase from the Caribbean across the Atlantic to France. In typical fashion for Jacques, the wicked come to justice, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. But Jacques is also able to show how even wickedness can be turned for good. In the second story, Ben and Ned meet up with some new friends to try to help a aging Comte find his dead brother's lost son. Ben and Ned rescue Karey, a young con artist with a beautiful voice, and join up with Dominic a "face maker," who can draw portraits so lifelike that they reveal a person's true character. They must search for him among the ruthless and evil Razan, a band of marauders hidden in the Pyrenees. Ben and Ned find help from a tough goatherd, a woman who lives by herself in the mountains. Ultimately, the power of the angel comes to their rescue in a surprising fashion. In the Castaways series Jacques deals with a more explicitly religious world than he does in Redwall, where there is morality and a force for good, but not angels from God. Jacques is a master of storytelling, but in the Castaway series, he also shows his ability to explore different characters. This book will both "teach and delight."