Voyage of the Basilisk: A Memoir by Lady Trent (A Natural History of Dragons Book 3), by Marie Brennan
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The thrilling adventure of Lady Trent continues in Marie Brennan's Voyage of the Basilisk . . .
Devoted readers of Lady Trent's earlier memoirs, A Natural History of Dragons and The Tropic of Serpents, may believe themselves already acquainted with the particulars of her historic voyage aboard the Royal Survey Ship Basilisk, but the true story of that illuminating, harrowing, and scandalous journey has never been revealed—until now. Six years after her perilous exploits in Eriga, Isabella embarks on her most ambitious expedition yet: a two-year trip around the world to study all manner of dragons in every place they might be found. From feathered serpents sunning themselves in the ruins of a fallen civilization to the mighty sea serpents of the tropics, these creatures are a source of both endless fascination and frequent peril. Accompanying her is not only her young son, Jake, but a chivalrous foreign archaeologist whose interests converge with Isabella's in ways both professional and personal.Science is, of course, the primary objective of the voyage, but Isabella's life is rarely so simple. She must cope with storms, shipwrecks, intrigue, and warfare, even as she makes a discovery that offers a revolutionary new insight into the ancient history of dragons.
Voyage of the Basilisk: A Memoir by Lady Trent (A Natural History of Dragons Book 3), by Marie Brennan- Amazon Sales Rank: #249587 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Released on: 2015-03-31
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Review “This, the second of Isabella's retrospective memoirs, is as uncompromisingly honest and forthright as the first, narrated in Brennan's usual crisp, vivid style, with a heroine at once admirable, formidable, and captivating. Reader, lose no time in making Isabella's acquaintance.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review on The Topic of Serpents
About the Author MARIE BRENNAN is an anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly pillages her academic fields for material. She is the author of several acclaimed fantasy novels including "A Natural History of Dragons; "The Onyx Court Series: "Midnight Never Come, In Ashes Lie, A Star Shall Fall, "and "With Fate Conspire; Warrior; "and" Witch. "Her short stories have appeared in more than a dozen print and online publications.Kate Reading is the recipient of multiple "AudioFile" Earphones Awards and has been named by "AudioFile" magazine as a Voice of the Century, as well as the Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2008 and 2009 and Best Voice in Biography & Culture in 2010. She has narrated works by authors as Jane Austen, Robert Jordan, Edith Wharton, and Sophie Kinsella. Reading has performed at numerous theaters in Washington D.C. and received a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in Aunt Dan and Lemon. "AudioFile" Magainze reports that, "With subtle control of characters and sense of pacing, Kate s performances are a consistent pleasure.."
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Great reread value, so much appeal to fans of historical fantasy and secondary world fantasy! By Bibliotropic .net Voyage of the Basilisk takes place a number of years after The Tropic of Serpents, and details Isabella’s time aboard the ship called Basilisk, and she travels around the world in search of more information about dragons. Joining her are Tom, her son Jake, and Jake’s governess, and though you’d think it would be Tom who ends up side-by-side with Isabella in the discoveries she makes, it’s actually more often her son and a newcomer to the group, Suhail, who are with her in making the most significant discoveries. Add to it the usual political dance that accompanies any trip abroad, especially at a time where countries are very much bound by their borders and the idea of a global society has yet to take hold, and it all combines into an amazing scientific adventure.It was interesting to see Jake take such a strong role in this book, since Isabella has, in the past, denied that she has much in the way of maternal instincts. Whether that’s true or not (it’s definitely possible to be a good parent without having the best instinct for it), Jake is finally old enough to be able to come along with her on her trips, getting to spend time with his mother at last and to go on display to readers of Isabella’s story (which, as with the other two books in the series, is written in the style of a memoir). Rather than just being a tag-along, he spurs Isabella into doing things she might not otherwise have attempted a few times, not all of which led to an advancement of the plot but at least provided inspiration later on. And, of course, at other times she was forced to curtail her activities for his sake. He was an active influence, rather than a passive one, and I’m curious to see if he shows up in any future installments of the series.It’s a bit disappointing that the more exciting parts of the story didn’t really get going for quite a while. Most of the real interest takes place on Keonga, and the ship doesn’t even get there until the book’s about half over. The early scenes were important for setup, such as Isabella first encountering sea serpents, and her time in Va Hing, but they did leave the story feeling a bit without direction. Adrift at sea.I do love how this Brennan uses the primary world as brilliant inspiration for Isabella’s world. Most authors do this, of course, but with Isabella’s globe-spanning explorations, you can practically superimpose a map of this world over hers and probably not be far off the mark. This is especially clear in the linguistic sense. Yelang was an analogue for China (not just some vague conglomerate of east-Asian stereotypes), and though it wasn’t expressed directly, knowing what little I do of Mandarin made it easy to figure that whenever a Yelangese term for a dragon was mentioned, leng was part of the phrase that meant, specifically, dragon. I want to say that Keonga was the analogue for Hawai’i, mostly based on the structure of names mentioned, but I’m not that familiar with Hawai’ian history and culture that I can be certain of it. Brennan works wonders with language and anthropology and biology, and it’s such a treat to read, encompassing about 90% of my own academic interests into one outstanding work of fantasy.Voyage of the Basilisk, and the books that came before it, show themselves to be unique and intelligent novels, standing tall amid other offerings on the bookshelves. You can’t help but be filled with a sense of wonder and adventure when reading them, hearkening back to childhood memories when every new day was a discovery, and the whole world was yours to explore. Brennan captures that feeling with masterful skill, gives us a new world to dip our toes into — just watch out for sea serpents! — and leaves us with characters and stories who inspire and educate and delight, all in one. It blends historical fantasy and straight-up secondary world fantasy into one seamless whole. I enjoyed Voyage of the Basilisk as much as A Natural History of Dragons, each book as strong as the one before it, and I know this is a series that I’m going to return to more than once. Any series with reread value is a good series!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. better than book one, not as strong as book two, but still an enjoyable continuation despite lagging a bit By B. Capossere Voyage of the Basilisk is the third in Marie Brennan’s series subtitled A MEMOIR BY LADY TRENT, and I found it falling somewhere between books one and two in terms of the reading experiences (better than one, not quite as good as two). As always in this series, the narrative voice is the strongest aspect and managed to (mostly) outweigh the book’s weaknesses. Warning: Some inevitable spoilers for books one and two will follow.Readers will most likely note the resemblance between the title of this work and Charles Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle, which makes perfect sense as an analog since in this continuation of the series Lady Isabella Trent, along with her long-time colleague Tom and her young son Jake and his nanny, heads up a two-year scientific expedition a la Darwin’s trip on the Beagle. Trent offers up a nice tease though, raising expectations from a mere naturalist expedition by telling the reader that earlier accounts of this well-documented trip had been an “outright lie,” a major cover-up thanks to issues of national security.But those events won’t happen for quite a while in book time. Until then it’s a slow meander through this world’s version of our South Pacific islands as Trent continues to push back against the restrictions on women in this society to varying degrees of success even as she slowly adds to the world’s knowledge of dragonkind. I had a spectrum of responses to this section, about the first 175 pages or so.One was a sense of impatience as the plot was less than compelling and moved along at a slow, stately pace, to say the least. The structure is episodic, but the individual episodes weren’t, to be honest, all that interesting and more than once I had to resist the urge to skim a little bit. It also felt far too summative in style. Although the pace and excitement picked up in the latter half, and the story became more scene than summary, the book still felt overlong by the end and even had me wondering if it was a necessary addition to the series. In other words, though being the third book, it had the feel of the dreaded “bridge book” in trilogies — a slow-moving “filler” of a book to get from book one to book three.On the other hand, as with the other books, Lady Trent’s voice — wry, charming, dryly witty, introspective at times, highly intelligent, and supremely curious — makes up for a lot. And even if I felt the desire to skim now and then, I still fell under her spell enough so that for the most part the voice just carried me along happily. I also thought the moments, which were too few in the first half, where we saw more deeply into Lady Trent’s feelings and persona were some of the best in the book, as here, while she watches two dragons mating:More than that, I found myself envying the dragons before me … I was struck by the companionship they shared — or rather that I imagined them sharing. It is not as if they were reading the latest scholarly journal together, or doing anything else I associated with the domestic harmony of marriage. But they were mated, and according to the villagers had been so for many years. I had that briefly, and then I had lost it. Whether I would ever have it again … at the time I could not say.The other reason, beyond narrative voice, I could be more forgiving of the pace and unexciting events than I would be in another novel is that intellectually (if not readerly), I appreciated the fact that the book focused so much on science and curiosity, and in a fashion that presented them realistically. The scientific method is by its nature often slow and methodical, filled with fits and starts, and, as this book is not afraid to detail, errors. But as any scientist will tell you, failure often teaches as much (sometimes more) than success. I also like the big picture in the series of her science—that she is adding, over years, brick by brick, theory by theory, to the world’s store of information about and understanding of dragons. So one can argue that the slow pace is an appropriate one for the subject matter. That said, it’s a fine line to walk between pace and realism, and I can’t say Brennan wholly nails it.The pace does though, pick up quite a bit in the latter third, reaching at times an almost frantic pace as Trent becomes embroiled in a host of action scenes. One might even call it a bit rushed at the end, and maybe a little over-the-top pulp-heroish. So balance is a bit of a n issue overall.Meanwhile, as mentioned the moments of deep characterization of Lady Trent were some of the best, especially as regards her sense of isolation, her constant battle with the world’s view of “correct” female behavior, and her conflict between motherhood and her love of what she does. Unfortunately, other characters don’t fare so strongly. This may be an artifact of the first-person narration, but most, such as her son, the ship’s captain, and the nanny, have very little page time and so never have a chance to come alive; their presence is barely felt. This is sadly even true of Tom, who has been part of the series from the start. A new character and fellow scientist introduced to the series, Suhail, has much more page time and indeed becomes an integral part not just of the plot but of Lady Trent’s life, but even he feels a bit two-dimensional, though there are hints of complexities, and I hope we see him in future books.The only other aspect I had some issues with were how closely at times Brennan hewed to our own world. This is another fine line to walk in alternative historical fantasy, and while for the most part I felt wholly immersed in this charmingly quasi-Victorian universe, at times the analogs were so spot on they were distracting. A few examples are when she goes to see Komodo Dragons, or when she comes across Easter Island statues. Why this pulled me out I don’t know; it doesn’t bother me when Queen Victoria is mentioned, for instance, in other alternative histories. And it doesn’t bother me that this world calls horses “horses,” but for some reason calling Komodo Dragons “Komodo Dragons” was jarring. So this one I might need to chalk up to being my issue and not Brennan’s.The first book of the series is, I think, the weakest of the trio, with some pacing and plotting issues, but the voice still endeared me to the character and made me want to pick up book two, which improved in all ways on book one. Voyage of the Basilisk is a small step back; better pacing, more scene than summary, and a sharper group of side characters all would have improved the novel. But really, it’s hard to complain much about spending more time with Lady Trent.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A sea voyage seeking dragon adventures. By J. Lesley This third entry in the Memoirs of Lady Trent series was engrossing and interesting from many different aspects. I enjoyed watching Isabella Camherst prepare for her two year voyage around the world on the Royal Survey Ship Basilisk with her nine year old son Jake, his governess Abigail Carew, and her fellow in research, Tom Wilker. I also appreciated the intellectual research aspects of the scientific discoveries a woman was attempting in a time (much resembling the Victorian era) when women were just being allowed to actually have a brain for something other than domestic sciences. The world these novels are set in can be slightly confusing with names that completely conceal any resemblance to our own familiar world, so be prepared to figure locations generally based on ships navigation and temperatures in areas of landings. Isabella and Tom are undertaking this trip to add to their knowledge of dragons from a scientific standpoint and this often means she is put into awkward social conditions based entirely on her gender.This novel in the series ends rather abruptly so it makes me sure there will be another novel to come later. Isabella had many adventures over the time period covered in this book from becoming innocently embroiled in worldwide political maneuvering, to having to give in to local customs as a way of proving to the inhabitants that she isn't a wicked spirit there to cause their destruction. Along the way she met an archaeologist with a hunger for pursuing scientific discovery as compelling as her own.Written in memoir style means that Isabella's thoughts and feelings are featured more frequently than dialog, yet the narrative did not seem to bog down because of that. The dragons studied here are definitely more from the scientific angle, but it was fun to have a chance to `get to know' one on a different level.I received an e-ARC of this novel through NetGalley.
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