Listen to the complete tales of the ketty jay book series. An inveterate womaniser and rogue, he and his gang make a living on the wrong side of the law, avoiding the heavily armed. I finished the 4book series, tales of the ketty jay by chris wooding, over the past week and it was amazing. Marking the third title in the tales of ketty jay series of novels, this follows on from the previous three books with the next instalment. Although written for the adult market and released through orions sff imprint gollancz, the publishers have noticed that it had been gaining a lot of interest from teen readers, and that first book is soon to be rereleased under orions ya imprint, indigo. A tale of the ketty jay tales of the ketty jay book 4 kindle edition by wooding, chris. Pleasingly, these arent separated from the plot and in some cases are vital for the resolution of the story. An inveterate womaniser and rogue, he and his gang make a living on the wrong side of the law, avoiding the heavily armed flying frigates of the coalition navy.
However, i think its probably now time to let you know. Tales of the ketty jay audiobooks listen to the full. I have been really enjoying the tales of the ketty jay series and started the iron jackel yesterday. Tales of the ketty jay is a series of four scifi fantasy books by chris wooding which focuses on an aircraft called the ketty jay, owned and piloted by darian frey, and her ragtag crew. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Download the tales of the ketty jay audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your iphone, android or windows device.
However, character arcs and storylines are continued from the first book. Retribution falls, the opening volume of chris woodings fourvolume tales of the ketty jay saga, was shortlisted for the arthur c. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Tales of the ketty jay series by chris wooding goodreads. Review and recommendation tales of the ketty jay, an. Chris wooding talks about his new book retribution falls tales of the ketty jay out on 18th june. He can barely keep his squabbling crew fed and his rickety aircraft in the sky. See the complete tales of the ketty jay series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
The ace of skulls by chris wooding science fiction. First up, we have darian frey, captain of the ketty jay, a harddrinking, hardluck captain not unlike our captain reynolds, but with somewhat less loyalty to his crew at least initially and quite a few more lady problems. We follow the ship from the arrival of jezibeth jez kyte, the new navigator. Retribution falls tales of the ketty jay book 1 kindle edition by wooding, chris. After all, it is usually only a matter of time before the book get. The tales of the ketty jay book series by chris wooding includes books retribution falls, the black lung captain, the iron jackal, and several more. Tales of the ketty jay is a series of books by chris wooding which focuses on an aircraft called the ketty jay. Tales of the ketty jay tales of the ketty jay 1 chris wooding isbn. Can anyone recommend books that are similar to the series in terms of tone and content. Books similar to the ace of skulls tales of the ketty jay. Frey is the captain of the ketty jay, leader of a small and highly dysfunctional band of layabouts. Chris wooding born 28 february 1977 is a british writer born in leicester, and now living in london.
Fate has not been kind to the captain of the airship ketty jayor his motley crew. Moving on to a whole other adventure, it develops not just the characters, but the world itself as well, taking it all in a whole new direction. A tale of the ketty jay tales of the ketty jay book 4. Do you like gunfights, enchanted swords, sky pirates with hidden hearts of gold, steampunk, humor, a crew of criminals in a ship that live on the raggedy edge as heroes. Retribution falls, the black lung captain, the iron jackal, the ace of skulls frey is the captain of the ketty jay, leader of a small, highly dysfunctional band of layabouts. Clarke award for retribution falls of the tales of ketty jay series and nominated for the cilip carnegie. Frey is the captain of the ketty jay, leader of a small and hi. Retribution falls tales of the ketty jay book 1 kindle. Crake is their best chance of getting that door openif they can sober. They are a motley crew who are open to some crime to keep their ship in the air. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading retribution falls tales of the ketty jay book 1. An inveterate womaniser and rogue, he and his gang make a living. Im a quarter way through and its all going very nicely, thank you.
Being the diligent readers that we are, we often browse through the import selection of various websites imports to the us that is. Let me simplify this, do you like firefly if your answer is, then the tales of the ketty jay and thus its first book retribution. I take comfort in always having my kindle with me a security booklibrary. She discovers that everyone on this ship has a reason to leave the world behind. Theyve stolen priceless treasures, destroyed a 10,000yearold azryx city and sortofaccidentally blown up the son of the archduke. Darien frey is the captain of the ketty jay pirate, smuggler and thief, womaniser and general rogue. The series has been widely acclaimed over the years. The intrepid crew of the ketty jay have been shot down, set up, doublecrossed and ripped off. Ive probably read over a couple fantasyscifi hundred novels in the past 3 years and this series is probably the best one so far in the adventurecentredonshipanditscrew genre.
Buy a cheap copy of retribution falls book by chris wooding. The ace of skulls vardia is being torn apart by a civil war between the religious sect known as the awakeners and the government forces under the command of the archduke. Today its the tales of the ketty jay a series of books by chris wooding a series of videos detailing without spoiling books, comics, films. Get the audible audio editions of the tales of the ketty jay series from the. Retribution falls book by chris wooding thriftbooks. Chris wooding is awesome, and the world he built was so multifaceted. Since then he has written many more, including the haunting of alaizabel cray, which was silver runnerup for the nestle smarties book prize, and poison, which won the lancashire. Just started chapter 11 and i have a terrible feeling frey has a curse that will kill him i suppose from that sword he picked up. Mayhem, daringdo, skypirates and swashbuckling rogues collects. Pretty auspicious beginning for a steampunk adventure series featuring pirates, sky battles, and armored golems. Tales of the ketty jay the complete series by chris wooding. We follow the ship from the arrival of jezibeth jez.
The tales of the ketty jay series promises to be somewhat episodic, with this book seeing the crew of the ketty jay embarking on another adventure. Tales of the ketty jay is a series of four scifi fantasy books by chris wooding which focuses on an aircraft called the ketty jay, owned and piloted by darian frey. Tales of the ketty jay tale of the ketty jay by chris wooding book cover, description, publication history. However, i think its probably now time to let you know that this will be the last of the tales of the ketty jay. The book focuses on the captain and crew of the airship ketty jay. His first book, crashing, which he wrote at the age of nineteen, was published in 1998 when he was twentyone. Anyone who hasnt read the series is seriously missing out. Good thing darian frey, captain of the airship ketty jay, has the daemonist crake on board. Buy the iron jackal tales of the ketty jay by wooding ba, chris from amazons fiction books store. The first book in the tales of the ketty jay series is called retribution falls. Despite helping start the war inadvertently, darian frey and the crew of the ketty jay are. Retribution falls tales of the ketty jay book 1 kindle edition by. Tales of the ketty jay tale of the ketty jay 1 by wooding ba, chris isbn. Join the crew of the ketty jay on their greatest adventure yet.