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In Odd We Trust Summary

Dean Koontz, Queenie Chan, Biographical, Crime Manga, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Historical, Horror Manga, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In Odd We Trust

Published: 24, June 2008
Genre: Biographical, Crime Manga, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Historical, Horror Manga, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Odd Thomas Graphic Novels Book 1

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Summary

In Odd We Trust is a prequel to the original Odd Thomas novel, In Odd We Trust, Odd is visited by the spirit of a little child, and he sets off on a journey to find the boy's killer so that his ghost can move on. 

Odd's friend, Chief of Police Wyatt Porter, gives some facts about the case and informs him that the corpse was discovered by the boy's babysitter. Sherry Sheldon, a childhood acquaintance of Odd's lover and soulmate, Stormy Llewellyn, turns out to be the babysitter. 

Sherry claims that a stalker has been writing her unsettling letters for several months, and she suspects that the stalker is the killer. Odd and Stormy make the decision to apprehend the stalker before he murders again.

Odd urges the spirit of the small child to assist him in locating his murderer, and Joey brings him to a street corner where he notices a strange figure. When Odd attempts to address him, the man escapes. Odd pursues, but his target escapes when he slips over a yard gnome.

Four neighborhood kids are thought to be targets since each has received a message from the killer. Chief Porter dispatches police escorts to each of the homes, and Odd and Stormy opt to spend the night with Sherry at the home where she is babysitting a girl called Angelica. 

Odd deduces that the killer is nearby, taunting them, from the discovery of an empty automobile with a mangled mannequin by the policeman on a stakeout at the residence. 

He opens the doors of a nearby vehicle and sees the man he was chasing before. He and Odd exchange veiled threats, but when Stormy appears with a gun, the man flees.

Chief Porter follows the van's registration plates to a man named Kyle Bernshaw and provides Odd with the address. 

Odd and Stormy enter into Bernshaw's residence, where they discover massive heaps of magazines (from which his enigmatic writings have been torn and glued together) and a message to Odd explaining that this was a trap. 

Odd turns to find himself encircled by a savage dog, from which he is miraculously spared at the last moment by Joey's spirit. Odd and Stormy rush back to the house where they last saw Sherry, only to discover that Angelica's parents have dismissed her and she has fled. 

Odd understands that Sherry, not one of the four youngsters under police protection, has always been the intended victim. 

They rent a car and, using Odd's psychic attraction (a power that pulls him to people if he concentrates on them while driving); they track down Bernshaw in an abandoned slaughterhouse. 

Odd battles him with minimal success until Stormy shoots him in the leg, causing Odd to subdue him. Sherry is freed from the trunk of Bernshaw's automobile.

The murderer is apprehended but refuses to confess, believing that he will be given an opportunity to go since he has struck a bargain with the devil, and whatever he desires always comes to him. 

He threatens to divulge Odd's name and powers to the world, causing a media frenzy, something Odd fears the most. Odd lies and says that he, too, has given his soul to the devil for his abilities, but just as he is about to take Bernshaw into his confidence, a guard collapses and the killer grabs the guard's revolver. He shoots, but the bullet ricochets off Odd's chair. Bernshaw is killed by the bullet.

Angelica's parents re-hire Sherry, and the narrative concludes with Odd and Stormy reflecting on the joyful ending they were able to achieve.


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Sleeping Beauties Summary

Stephen King, Owen King, American, Classic, Fiction, Ghost, Historical, Horror, Literary, Literature, Mystery, Post Apocalyptic, Psychic, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

Sleeping Beauties

Published: 26, September 2017
Genre: American, Classic, Fiction, Ghost, Historical, Horror, Literary, Literature, Mystery, Post Apocalyptic, Psychic, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller

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Summary

A strange lady beats two guys who run a meth lab out of their mobile home to death, and then sets fire to the lab before allowing herself to be apprehended by the local sheriff. 

Lila Norcross, in the impoverished town of Dooling, part of the fictional Tri-Counties region of Appalachia. 

Simultaneously, reports emerge of a mysterious illness sweeping the globe, causing women to fall into a deep sleep while cocooned in a strange material. 

The sickness, called "Aurora," also makes the sleeping ladies homicidal, assaulting and killing any adult who tries to release the cocoons.

Clint, Lila's husband and the chief psychiatrist at the Dooling Correctional Institute for Women, notices Aurora in his patients around the same time that the woman, dubbed "Eve Black," is incarcerated there. 

As the disease spreads throughout the town, local women become desperate to stay awake, which results in looting and riots. 

Lila succumbs to the illness and is replaced by Terry Coombs, her alcoholic chief deputy, who appoints Frank Geary, a former animal control officer with a short fuse, as his second-in-command. 

Warden Janice Coates, Clint's superior, fires one of her guards, Don Peters, for sexual harassment; he drugs her with Xanax, leaving Clint to protect the few remaining female inmates.

Clint interviews Eve and discovers that she is an "emissary" sent by an alien creature who believes that women are capable of creating a society devoid of war, abuse, and other ills that she claims are mostly caused by males. 

Clint is "the Man," according to her, and his mission is to guard Eve for "a week or two" while she pledges to heal the ladies of Aurora. 

Meanwhile, Frank and Terry deputize numerous new recruits, including Peters and Eric Blass, a juvenile delinquent, and gradually restore order to Dooling. 

Rumors about Eve's ability to sleep and wake without incident spread across the village, prompting Frank to begin enlisting Terry's help in luring her out of prison in order to save the sleeping ladies. 

Clint's son Jared and his companion Mary successfully conceal Lila and three other women in an empty house, fearful that Frank will exploit their bodies as hostages.

Meanwhile, the ladies are trapped in a post-apocalyptic Dooling that they refer to as "Our Place" in another reality. 

Even as several unexpectedly leave, Lila and Janice assume leadership, and the women begin to re-establish themselves (due to their bodies having been destroyed by men in the real world). 

Instead of finding additional survivors, a crew assigned to hunt for them comes and finds a majestic Tree, which turns out to be the doorway between Our Place and Dooling. 

Frank's wife, Elaine Nutting, tries to burn the Tree down because she doesn't want to return to the real world, but Eve intervenes by sending an inmate, Jeanette Sorley, to stop her; Jeanette has a little boy whom she urgently wants to see again, so she agrees to intervene. 

When Jeanette discovers Elaine lighting the Tree gateway, she wrestles the lighter and a revolver away from her. 

Jeanette then tosses the lighter into the trash and grabs the revolver to stow it in her belt. Leaves rustle behind her before she can do so. Jeanette turns around with the rifle in her hand, and Lila accidentally fires and kills her.

Clint and his merry band take firearms from the police station, causing Frank and Terry to form a posse to storm the prison and kidnap Eve. 

During the attack, two criminals whom Lila had apprehended based on an inmate's confession use a stolen bazooka to blow up the station and a section of the jail, killing fifteen women before Vanessa Lampley, a former guard, shoots them down. 

Terry kills himself out of sadness and cowardice, Peters and Blass are slain, and the majority of Frank's men abandon him, but he makes it to Eve's cell. 

Even though Eve herself assures Frank that murdering her is the best way to rescue his family, Clint, Jared, Janice's daughter Michaela, a prisoner called Angel Fitzroy, and an old volunteer named Willy Burke try to urge him to spare her life. 

Clint uses guilt to push Eve to use her power to save Willy when his heart suddenly stops, realizing that Eve is attempting to establish that males are fundamentally violent and should be allowed to die out. 

When Frank and the others notice this, they allow Eve to return to Our Place, where she gives the ladies the option of returning to Dooling or staying put. At the end of the day, all of the ladies vote to return.

Life gradually returns to normal as sleeping ladies throughout the world awaken from their slumber. 

However, Lila and Clint's already unstable marriage falls apart, and the couple decides to divorce, with Clint returning to his previous position at a nearby jail and Lila retiring as sheriff. 

Lila travels out to where the Tree used to stand, haunted by Jeanette's death and seeking forgiveness and asks Eve for a sign of her presence. Then, on her palm, a solitary brown moth (one of Eve's forms) falls.


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The Mauritius Command Summary

The Mauritius Command Summary

The Mauritius Command

Published: 1977

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Book 4 of 21: Aubrey/Maturin Novels

Genres: Action, Adventure, British & Irish, Family Life, Fiction, Historical, Literary, Literature, Medical, Military, Saga, Sea, Suspense, Thriller, Travel


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Summary

Jack Aubrey and Sophia Williams are married and have twin daughters. They reside in Ashgrove Cottage on his half-pay, which is insufficient to support the household's other navy men. Sophia's mother has lost all of her money, including Sophia's share, and is now living with them. Cecelia, Sophia's little niece, lives with them as well.

Aubrey, as much as he adores Sophia, is eager to return to the sea. Stephen Maturin comes to call, and Aubrey's instructions are brought from the port Admiral soon after. He is assigned command of the HMS Boadicea, a 38-gun frigate.

He picks up orders and Mr. R T Farquhar, a political gentleman, in Plymouth. He's supposed to cruise to Cape Town, where a convoy of ships will gather. They encounter the French ship Hébé, which is escorting a seized merchant ship, not far from home. Both ships are captured by the Boadicea. Aubrey arranges for the rewards to be sent to Gibraltar.

The timely capture enables the ship to send messages home, get a French chef, and obtain the Hébé's English captives, all of whom are capable seamen. The extended cruise across the Atlantic allows Aubrey to train the crew of the Boadicea to his gunnery standards, as well as Maturin and Farquhar to formulate plans.

Aubrey meets Admiral Bertie upon his arrival, who confirms his title as Commodore and authorizes him to raise his broad pendant ('broad pennant' in certain versions). He is given official orders to disrupt French interests in the region, with the goal of capturing Mauritius and La Réunion in the end. Captain Corbett of Néréide, Lord Clonfert of the Otter, an Englishman with an Irish title, and Captain Pym of the Sirius are among the convoy's leaders.

With some of Aubrey's followers onboard, Corbett sailed from the West Indies post. After Aubrey switches men into Corbett's ship, Bonden, Killick, and others get aboard. Corbett is a good captain, but he's a flogger. Bertie informs Aubrey that Clonfert and Corbett are feuding.

Aubrey changes his pendant to the ancient 64-gun line ship HMS Raisonnable for the first 2,000 miles of the trip to the islands. The Caroline is captured; Corbett christens her HMS Bourbonnaise and sends her to Cape Town and England with messages. The remainder of the convoy makes its way back to Cape Town.

Aubrey returns aboard HMS Boadicea and sets sail after hearing that the French had captured several merchant ships. The convoy is trapped in a big cyclone and must return to Cape Town for repairs, where it receives its first letter in months. Due to the water damage to Sophia's letters, Aubrey is unable to comprehend her entire message.

After a landing by Army forces supported by sepoys under the British East India Company, all under the energetic and decisive Lieutenant Colonel Harry Keating, with ships of the convoy on both sides of the island, La Réunion capitulates nearly without loss. Maturin's propaganda and political gatherings help them along the way by explaining why the people should welcome the British with Farquhar as interim Governor. Mauritius proved to be more difficult.

Maturin is killed while boarding the HMS Néréide, which is part of the force dispatched to the Île de la Passe. He's badly hurt, so he keeps an eye on Clonfert while he recovers aboard. The action has been completed successfully. Maturin is assigned to Mauritius in order to continue his work. Captain Pym commands a small group of ships to land men on Mauritius to staff the fort.

Three French ships, Bellone, Minerve, and Victor, as well as two Indiamen, Ceylon and Windham, appear. They attack the fort and then sail into the harbor, catching the British off guard and deciding to attack. The battle lasts for days, with high fatalities, and two British ships eventually go aground.

Iphigenia and the fort at Île de la Passe are abandoned to be retaken by the French, while Sirius and Magicienne are burned to avoid their capture. Clonfert is gravely injured in the neck and head by a splinter, and Néréide is taken. Maturin is onboard a message ship that arrives at La Réunion to notify Aubrey of the losses and the unsuccessful attack on Port Southeast.

Boadicea sails through the night to inspect Île de la Passe for French control, and then pursues Manche and Vénus in a futile attempt to separate them. Aubrey feels his circumstances have altered after contacting Pullings, who has the guns of Windham onboard Emma. Captain Corbett then rejoins HMS Africaine at St Denis. Africaine battles with the Astrée and the French Iphigenie while chasing the French during the night.

The conflict goes horribly, and Corbett is slain in the middle of it after being wounded by his own downtrodden soldiers. When the Boadicea closes in on them, the French take the Africaine but dismast it; Astrée refuses to engage. The fleet arrives in La Réunion, joined by the Otter and Staunch, where the Commodore prioritizes the refurbishment of the Africaine.

Maturin and Bonden come from Mauritius with news that the HMS Bombay is near, engaged in combat with the French Vénus and Victor. The Boadicea has engaged the French ships. With the assistance of volunteers from the refitting HMS Africaine, Aubrey boards and takes Bombay and Vénus. During the combat, French Commodore Hamelin is killed. Once the surviving French ships have departed, Aubrey devises a strategy to end the battle, and his ships are ready to fight again when they return to Mauritius. Keating is also ready.

With numerous other British sails in view, the Emma approaches the Boadicea. Tom Pullings arrives with the Gazette, which announces Sophia's pregnancy. Aubrey is overjoyed by the news. He then reads Admiral Bertie's letter, in which he is instructed to accompany the fleet at Rodriguez, where he would be aboard the HMS Illustrious alongside General Abercrombie's forces. Based on Aubrey and Keating's initial strategy, the final assault is practically bloodless. After being offered honorable conditions, the French submit.

Clonfert has committed himself at the military hospital at Port Louis since the conflict, unable to face Jack Aubrey, whom he deems a competition. At Government House, a formal meal is held. Maturin, through Mr. Peters, spreads rumors about Aubrey's father gaining influence in London, which Bertie believes. The Admiral assigns Aubrey the task of transporting the dispatches of this victory to England aboard the Boadicea.


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H.M.S. Surprise Summary

H.M.S. Surprise Summary

H.M.S. Surprise

Published: 1973

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Book 3 of 21: Aubrey/Maturin Novels

Genres: Action, Adventure, British & Irish, Fiction, Historical, Literary, Literature, Medical, Military, Sea, Suspense, Thriller, Travel


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Summary

A convoy led by Aubrey seizes the ships carrying the gold that Spain requires in order to consent to enter the war on France's side. The new First Lord of the Admiralty thinks the large sum is adroit of the Crown and hence not split out with the captives, despite the fact that Spain had not yet entered the war. Smaller sums will be handed to the captains, contrary to the successful convoy's expectations. During the hearings, the First Lord makes a mistake and mentions the identity of intelligence operative Stephen Maturin, placing Maturin in danger.

Maturin is sent to Spain on a mission and will be met in Port Mahon by Aubrey, who is now on blockade duty near Toulon aboard HMS Lively. Aubrey hears from a Catalan rebel at the rendezvous place that his companion has been kidnapped and tortured by French intelligence in Port Mahon, the island having been handed to Spain in the Amiens Peace. Except for Captain Dutourd, Aubrey organizes a rescue expedition, rescuing a devastated Maturin and killing all of the French interrogators.

Aubrey is abducted by bailiffs and imprisoned in a sponging house, a debtors' jail, in England. Sir Joseph is informed of Maturin's capture and Aubrey's dilemma. Aubrey's wedding to Sophia Williams has been postponed because her mother demands that he be debt-free. Aubrey is released when Maturin receives an advance on his donation of money. Sophia meets Aubrey in the middle of the night in a carriage before he assumes charge of his new ship, the HMS Surprise, and they vow to marry no one else.

Aubrey and Maturin board the Surprise on their way to the Sultan of Kampong in the Malay Peninsula to deliver an envoy. Aubrey plans to track down the French squadron led by Admiral Linois, who previously kidnapped him. The crew shows indications of scurvy after being stuck in the doldrums north of the equator. Maturin makes a brief break atop St Paul's Rock on a scorching Sunday. Two major storms hit; the officer who rowed him out drowns, and Surprise is wrecked and forced away. Maturin maintains that the scorching sun has restored his health after the torture and that he survives on bird-fouling water and booby blood. They make a pit break near the Brazilian coast for new food and supplies, as well as to see a sloth; this is Maturin's first trip to the New World. They registered for mail at Rio.

Surprise has been refitted and repainted and now sails around the Cape of Good Hope, which is held by the Dutch, who are Napoleon's allies. They get caught in a violent storm in the seas of the Antarctic Ocean. The ambassador develops a serious illness. They arrived at Bombay, India, to refuel and rest the ambassador after the storms. Maturin encounters a streetwise local girl named Dil, who excitedly takes him on a tour of the city. When Maturin and Dil are watching a parade, they notice Diana Villiers, who has arrived in Bombay ahead of her companion, Richard Canning. They agree to go on a date and spend several days together, after which Maturin proposes to her. She does not respond right away but pledges to do so when Surprise arrives in Calcutta. Maturin discovers Dil dead and robbed of the silver bracelets he had given her, and he arranges for her cremation on the beach.

The ambassador dies on the way to the Sunda Strait, so the Surprise sets sail for the United Kingdom. They meet the China Fleet of the East India Company and return to England unaccompanied. The Surprise sees Linois' squadron in the Indian Ocean a day after departing the China Fleet. Surprise confronts the corvette Berceau, destroying her rigging, before speeding back to the China Fleet to alert them and organize a defense. Aubrey outfits the China Fleet's greatest ships as men-of-war and sends some of his commanders to battle alongside them. The Surprise and the huge Indiamen are being pursued by the French squadron. The Surprise attacks the Marengo, the greatest French cruiser; she is outgunned and in danger when one of the Indiamen engages the French ship from the opposite side, causing the Marengo to retreat. The French squadron is forced to quit the chase due to damage and must refit.

Aubrey is greeted enthusiastically ashore in Calcutta by merchants, including Canning, who are eager to refit the Surprise. They enable him to take gems as freight as a personal incentive, which will win him a substantial award when he arrives in England. During the repair, Canning discovers Maturin with Villiers. Canning smacks Maturin in a jealous rage and Maturin dares him to a battle. Canning attempts to assassinate Maturin but inadvertently injures him. Maturin murders Canning instead of wounding him. Rather than tending to Villiers while he heals on board the Surprise, Maturin persuades him to sail to England on a commercial ship that would leave immediately. Maturin stoically works on himself with the aid of Aubrey and M'Allister, extracting the bullet lodged near his heart. Aubrey looks after his friend through a particularly bad bout of fever, during which the secretive man spills all of his secrets.

Aubrey writes Sophia a message, asking her to meet him in Madeira so he may pay off his obligations. Villiers has returned the ring he gave her, and she has departed with Mr. Johnstone from America, who visited her in Calcutta, Maturin learns in port. Sophia isn't present. Aubrey overtakes the frigate HMS Ethalion, commanded by Heneage Dundas, within a day's sailing and discovers Sophia on board. When they return to England, she swears to marry him.


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Post Captain Summary

Post Captain

Published: 1972

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Book 2 of 21: Aubrey/Maturin Novels

Genres: Action, Adventure, British & Irish, Fiction, Historical, Literary, Literature, Medical, Military, Sea, Suspense, Thriller


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Summary

With the Amiens Peace, Jack Aubrey returns to England and leases a house with Stephen Maturin, with shipmates running the household while he spends time hunting. He is introduced to the Williams family. Sophia Williams, the eldest of three daughters, is courted by Aubrey, while Diana Villiers, Sophia's cousin, is pursued by Maturin. Aubrey wants to marry Sophia, but they aren't ready to commit yet. His riches vanish when his prize agent departs with his money, and the prize court discovers that two commercial ships he took were owned by neutral countries.

The court orders him to refund the worth of the ships (rather than the prize money he expected), which is a figure he cannot afford. On hearing this, Mrs. Williams whisks her girls away to Bath. Aubrey dallys with Diana, putting his friendship with Maturin to the test and demonstrating his indecisiveness on land, in contrast to his resolute methods at sea. To escape Aubrey being kidnapped for debt, Aubrey and Maturin depart England.

They find that war is impending when visiting Christy Pallière, the French captain who had seized Aubrey's first command of Sophie before the ceasefire. All English subjects are being rounded up by the French authorities. Maturin dressed as an itinerant bear trainer and Aubrey as Flora, the bear, Aubrey, and Maturin flee over the Pyrenees to Maturin's farm. They go to Gibraltar, where Aubrey and Maturin join a ship owned by the British East India Company. The ship is taken by the privateer Bellone, but Aubrey, Maturin, and the other passengers are rescued by a British squadron.

Mr. Canning, a wealthy Jewish businessman in England, offers Aubrey a letter of marque. Mrs. Williams and Cecilia are among the guests at the same party at Queeney's. Sophia stayed at home with Frances, unaware that he would be there. Mrs. Williams hears about Maturin's Spanish castle and his medical expertise, elevating his importance in her eyes. As Aubrey walks outside, an inept thief approaches him; Mr. Scriven reveals himself to be a beneficial ally, understanding the law of debt and where Aubrey may be secure from bailiffs. He and Maturin make their way to The Grapes, secure in the Savoy's Liberty.

Aubrey declines Canning's offer to command HMS Polychrest. Polychrest is a strange spacecraft that was designed as an experimental weapon but has since been abandoned. Tom Pullings should be promoted to lieutenant, he requests. Polychrest is structurally weak and sails poorly, and Parker, the first lieutenant, is unpunished. Admiral Harte, who stands to profit financially from any prizes acquired, gives Aubrey a free hand. Aubrey does not win any prizes, much to Harte's dismay. The merchants thank him after he drives the French privateer Bellone aground outside a Spanish port. Aubrey is sent to escort convoys across the English Channel by Harte. Aubrey has a reputation for loitering in port while having an affair with Diana. Maturin is dispatched to Spain on an intelligence collecting operation. Aubrey's buddy Heneage Dundas advises Maturin to warn Aubrey about his reputation with the Admiralty when he returns.

Aubrey becomes enraged when Maturin does so, and the two resolve to fight in a duel. Aubrey contacts Diana, but she is found with Canning, putting a stop to Aubrey's interest in Diana. Aubrey is given orders to attack the French port of Chaulieu in order to sink French troopships and gunboats as well as the Fanciulla. Because of Parker's severe treatment, the crew is planning a rebellion. Maturin hears their scheme and alerts Aubrey. Aubrey puts the instigators and a few loyal crew members in a ship's boat then launches the attack. He regrets his acrimonious comments to Maturin. Polychrest runs aground during the combat in Chaulieu. Three of the ship's boats are led by Aubrey to board and capture Fanciulla. Polychrest, which founders soon after leaving Chaulieu, is refloated by the successful mariners, and the crew is transferred to Fanciulla. Aubrey and Maturin rekindle their relationship after the war.

In Fanciulla, Aubrey returns to England and is appointed to Post-captain. With his debt still looming over him, he requests any instruction. HMS Lively's Captain Hamond has taken leave to sit in Parliament, and he has been designated as the ship's interim captain. When Maturin returns from Spain, he informs Sir Joseph Blaine, the chief of naval intelligence, that the Spanish would declare war as soon as four ships carrying bullion from Montevideo arrive safely in Cadiz. Sophia begs Aubrey to carry her and her sister to the Downs at Maturin's request. Aubrey and Sophia vow not to marry anyone else while onboard; Aubrey is too penniless to provide a marriage settlement acceptable to Mrs. Williams. Maturin is a good friend of Sophia's, yet he refuses to follow her advice and propose to Diana. While at the opera, he notices Diana being held captive by Canning; his anguish is palpable.

Maturin does not get compensation for his intelligence work, but he does request that Lively be included in the squadron dispatched to intercept the Spanish. The Admiralty accepts, and Maturin is tasked with negotiating the surrender of the treasure fleet. Maturin has been involved in espionage operations for Britain, according to Aubrey, because of his temporary position and relationship with the Admiralty. Aubrey recognizes that his friend has a side that he is unaware of. The Spanish convoy refuses to surrender, resulting in a fight. The Mercedes explodes, and the other three Spanish frigates (Fama, Clara, and Medea) surrender. Clara, bearing the prize, salutes Lively with her colors, much to the delight of the captain. Then he goes after Fama. He invites two of the Spanish captains, as well as Dr. Maturin, to supper, and they toast Sophia.


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Rating: 90/100
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Master and Commander Summary

Master and Commander Summary

Master and Commander

Published: 1969

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Book 1 of 21: Aubrey/Maturin Novels

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fiction, Historical, Literary, Medical, Military, Sea, Suspense, Thriller


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Summary

In April of 1800, the book begins. Jack Aubrey, a shipless lieutenant wasting away in the Royal Navy port of Mahon in Minorca, meets Stephen Maturin, an impoverished Irish-Catalan physician, and natural philosopher, at a play at the Governor's Mansion.

During the performance, Maturin elbows Aubrey, who is "half a beat ahead" on the measure. The guys, who are both at personal low points, handle the situation as a question of honor, exchanging names and preparing for a duel.

Aubrey learns later that evening that he has been promoted to commander and has been assigned command of the 14-gun HM Sloop Sophie. When Aubrey runs into Maturin on the street the next day, his excitement overpowers his hatred, and he asks Maturin to dinner.

Aubrey plays the violin, and Maturin plays the cello, and the two men discover a common love of music. Aubrey invites Maturin to join his ship after learning of his occupation. Maturin agrees, despite the fact that his competence as a physician extends much beyond that of a navy surgeon.

Sophie is dispatched to the Mediterranean to escort a small convoy of cargo ships. With the help of his new first lieutenant, James Dillon, a wealthy and aristocratic Irishman, Aubrey uses the chance to get to know his men and mold them into a fighting unit.

Dillon and Maturin had met as members of the United Irishmen, a club committed to Irish home rule and Catholic emancipation (a fact they kept to themselves). When Dillon is assigned to intercept an American ship suspected of harboring Irish rebels, he has a moral problem and seeks to assist them to evade arrest.

Maturin, who has never been aboard a man-of-war, has trouble understanding nautical etiquette, so O'Brian has the crew explain naval vocabulary and the official process of awarding prize money for captured enemy vessels to him (and the reader). Maturin is regarded like a landsman by the crew, but without offense. He enjoys the opportunity to study uncommon birds and fish as a natural philosopher.

After completing his convoy responsibilities, Admiral Keith allows Aubrey to cruise the Mediterranean on his own, in search of hostile French merchants, which he finds. Sophie confronts and defeats the Cacafuego, a Spanish 32-gun xebec-frigate, despite losing a number of crew members, including Dillon, in the terrible battle.

A triumph against such odds would typically earn Aubrey formal acclaim, promotion, and a large sum of money, but his superior at Mahon is Captain Harte, with whose wife Aubrey has been having an affair. Harte makes sure Aubrey doesn't get any of those things, but he can't stop Aubrey from earning a reputation as one of the Royal Navy's outstanding young combat captains.

Sophie is seized while on escort duty by a fleet of four big French warships. Captain Christy Pallière, a Frenchman, is kind, telling Aubrey about his relations in Bath and feeding him well. After being paroled by the French, Aubrey and his men miss the Algeciras Campaign but are able to view the combat from Gibraltar. Aubrey is acquitted in a court-martial for the loss of his ship.


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Emma Summary

Emma Summary

Emma

Published: 23, December 1815

Author: Jane Austen

Genres: Classic, Comedy & Humor, Drama, European, Family Life, Fiction, Friendship, Historical, Literature, Regency, Romance, Rural Fiction, Small Town, Teen, Victorian, Young Adult


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Miss Taylor, Emma Woodhouse's former governess, has recently married Mr. Weston. Emma takes credit for their marriage after introducing them and thinks she enjoys matchmaking. Emma defies her sister's brother-in-law, Mr. Knightley, and pursues her new passion after going home to Hartfield with her father. She tries to pair Harriet Smith, her new acquaintance, with Mr. Elton, the town vicar.

Despite Harriet's liking for Robert Martin, a decent, educated, and well-spoken young farmer, Emma persuades her to decline his marriage proposal. Mr. Elton, a social climber, makes the mistake of thinking Emma loves him and proposes to her. He is enraged when Emma confesses she thought he was attached to Harriet since he considers Harriet to be socially inferior.

Mr. Elton travels to Bath after Emma rejects him and returns with a pompous, nouveau-riche wife, just as Mr. Knightley predicted. Harriet is crushed, and Emma is remorseful for deceiving her.

Mr. Weston's son, Frank Churchill, comes for a two-week visit and makes a lot of acquaintances. Frank was adopted by his affluent and controlling aunt and has only had a few chances to visit her. Mr. Knightley informs Emma that Frank has a superficial persona, despite being educated and entertaining.

Jane Fairfax also arrives to spend a few months with her aunt, Miss Bates, and grandmother, Mrs. Bates, before beginning a governess job owing to her family's financial predicament. Colonel Campbell, her father's friend, gave her a superb education when she was the same age as Emma.

Emma has kept herself apart from her because she admires Jane's brilliance and is irritated by everyone praising her, even Mrs. Weston and Mr. Knightley. Mrs. Elton, who is patronizing, takes Jane under her wing and promises to find her the ideal governess position before it is needed. Emma sympathizes with Jane's position.

Emma thinks that Jane and Colonel Campbell's new son-in-law, Mr. Dixon, are drawn to each other, which is why she arrived earlier than intended. She tells Frank, who met Jane and the Campbells at a vacation resort a year before, and he seems to agree with Emma.

Jane receives a piano from an unidentified source, which adds to her suspicions. Emma begins to fall in love with Frank, but it only lasts until his second visit. The Eltons are cruel to Harriet, culminating in Mr. Elton openly snubbing her at the Westons' gala in May. Mr. Knightley, who had hitherto avoided dancing, begs Harriet to dance gallantly.

Frank brings Harriet to Hartfield the day after the ball because she passed out following a nasty encounter with local gypsies. Harriet's thanks to Frank is misinterpreted by Emma as her love for him. Meanwhile, Mrs. Weston worries if Mr. Knightley has feelings for Jane, but Emma rejects the possibility.

Emma disagrees with Mr. Knightley when he thinks he sees a connection between Jane and Frank because Frank looks to be wooing her instead. Jane arrives late to a Donwell event in June, while Frank arrives late. The next day, Frank and Emma are joking about at Box Hill, a local picturesque area, when Emma casually attacks Miss Bates.

Emma feels embarrassed when Mr. Knightley chastises her for disrespecting Miss Bates. She sees Miss Bates the next day to make amends for her terrible behavior, impressing Mr. Knightley. Emma learns during the visit that Jane has taken a governess post from one of Mrs. Elton's friends. When Jane is unwell, she refuses to meet Emma or accept her presents.

Meanwhile, Frank has been visiting his aunt, who, unlike any other character in Austen's books, dies soon after his arrival. He and Jane had been secretly engaged since September, but Frank knew his aunt would be against the union.

Maintaining the concealment put a burden on the conscientious Jane, causing the pair to argue, resulting in Jane terminating the engagement. Frank's laid-back uncle gladly approves of the pairing. Emma is disappointed to learn that she was so incorrect as the engagement is made public.

Emma expects Harriet to be devastated by Frank's engagement, but she instead declares her love for Mr. Knightley, and while she recognizes the match is too unequal, Emma's support and Mr. Knightley's generosity have given her hope.

Emma is taken aback when she realizes she is in love with Mr. Knightley as well. Mr. Knightley returns to comfort Emma after the engagement of Frank and Jane, supposing her to be distraught. He proposes to her when she recognizes her folly, and she accepts. Harriet accepts Robert Martin's second proposal, and the two marry for the first time.

Frank and Jane pay a visit to the Westons, and Jane and Emma reconcile. They will marry after Frank's aunt's grieving time is through. Emma and Mr. Knightley get married before the end of November, with the promise of "perfect bliss."


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Northanger Abbey Summary

Northanger Abbey

Published: December 1817

Author: Jane Austen

Genres: Classic, Drama, Fiction, Historical, Literature, Regency, Romance, Victorian


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Catherine Morland, seventeen, is one of ten children of a rural pastor. Although she was a tomboy as a youngster, by the age of 17 she is "in preparation for a heroine" and enjoys reading Gothic books, particularly Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho.

Catherine is asked to join the Allens (her richer Fullerton neighbors) in visiting Bath and partaking in the city's winter season of balls, theatre, and other social joys. Soon after, she meets Henry Tilney, a charming young guy with whom she dances and converses. Mrs. Allen meets Mrs. Thorpe's daughter Isabella, a bright and provocative young lady, through Mrs. Allen's old school friend Mrs. Thorpe, and the two immediately become friends. Catherine's elder brother, James, is a friend of Mrs. Thorpe's son, John, at Oxford, where they are both students.

Catherine's connection with the Tilneys irritates the Thorpes, who correctly see Henry as a competition for Catherine's affections, despite Catherine's lack of interest in the crass John Thorpe. Catherine seeks to retain her ties with both the Thorpes and the Tilneys, despite John Thorpe's constant attempts to ruin her Tilney relationship. This causes multiple misunderstandings, forcing Catherine to explain herself to the Tilneys in an unpleasant situation.

Isabella and James decide to get married. James' father approves of the match and gives his son a rural parson's living of £400 per year, but they must wait two and a half years for him to get the benefice. Isabella is displeased, but she misrepresents her dissatisfaction to Catherine as being exclusively due to the delay, rather than the worth of the cash. 

Isabella starts flirting with Henry's older brother, Captain Tilney, right away. Catherine, who is innocent, is baffled by her friend's behavior, but Henry, who knows his brother's nature and habits, is all too aware of it.

Catherine is invited to stay with the Tilneys at Northanger Abbey for a few weeks. Catherine anticipates the monastery to be exotic and terrifying, based on her novel reading. Henry taunts her about it, as Northanger Abbey turns out to be delightful rather than Gothic. The mansion, however, has a mystery suite of rooms that no one ever visits; Catherine discovers that they were Mrs. Tilney's quarters, which she discovered nine years ago. Catherine concludes that General Tilney may have murdered her or imprisoned her in her chamber since he looks unaffected by her death.

Catherine realizes that her overactive imagination has led her misled since nothing about the apartments is weird or upsetting. Unfortunately, Henry interrogates her; he deduces and informs her that his father loved his wife in his own special manner and that her death really affected him. She walks away, weeping, fearful that she has completely lost Henry's respect. Catherine realizes how dumb she has been and concludes that, while novels are enjoyable, their content is unrelated to practical life. Henry never brings up the issue with her again.

James writes to tell her that he is not engaged with Isabella and that she is engaged to Captain Tilney instead. Henry and Eleanor Tilney have significant doubts about their brother's engagement to Isabella Thorpe. Catherine is deeply disappointed after discovering Isabella's dishonesty. A letter from Isabella herself later confirms the Tilney siblings' suspicions, demonstrating that Frederick Tilney was only flirting with Isabella. 

The General departs for London, and the mood at Northanger Abbey lightens and becomes more cheerful as a result of his departure. Catherine spends many pleasant days with Henry and Eleanor until the General arrives in a rage when Henry is out. He has Catherine leave early the next morning to return home, a surprising, unfriendly, and dangerous decision that compels Catherine to make the 70-mile (110-kilometer) trek alone.

Catherine is bored and miserable at home. Henry unexpectedly makes a visit and explains what has transpired. General Tilney had mistakenly considered her to be extremely wealthy as the Allens' potential heiress, and hence a good match for Henry, based on John Thorpe's disinformation. In London, General Tilney came upon Thorpe again; who, enraged and spiteful by Catherine's rejection of his half-made marriage proposal, claimed that she was on the verge of starvation. 

Enraged, General Tilney came home to evict Catherine (again, based on John Thorpe's disinformation). When Henry returned to Northanger, his father told him what had happened and prohibited him from thinking about Catherine ever again. When Henry discovers how she was handled, he defies his father and tells Catherine that despite his father's displeasure, he still wants to marry her. Catherine is overjoyed, but when Henry asks her parents for their blessing, they inform the young couple that ultimate permission would only come if General Tilney agrees.

General Tilney eventually agrees since Eleanor has married a wealthy and titled man, and he realizes that the Morlands, while not affluent, are far from poor.


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The Kite Runner Summary

The Kite Runner Summary

The Kite Runner

Published: 29, May 2003

Author: Khaled Hosseini
Genres: American, Asian, Cultural, Education, Family, Fiction, Heritage, Historical, Literature, Military, Political, Professional, Saga, Technical, War


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Amir, a rich Pashtun boy, and Hassan, the Hazara son of a servant of Amir's father Ali. Flying kites was a way for the two boys to get away from the horrifying reality they were living in. Hassan is an excellent "kite runner" for Amir, predicting where the kite will fall without having to look at it. Hassan's mother, Sanaubar, abandoned him and Ali, while Amir's mother died in delivery. Both boys are adored by Amir's father, a wealthy businessman whom he lovingly refers to as Baba. He makes it a point to purchase Hassan the exact same items that he buys Amir, much to Amir's chagrin.

Hassan's cleft lip was surgically fixed, and he paid for it. Baba, on the other hand, is harsh with Amir, believing him to be weak and lacking in bravery, and has threatened to physically beat him if he complains about Hassan. Rahim Khan, Baba's best friend, provides Amir with a softer fatherly figure in the form of Rahim Khan, who understands and encourages Amir's passion in writing, which Baba deems to be a female-only pursuit. Amir questions why his father consumes alcohol, which is banned by Islam, while he is sitting on Baba's lap rather than being shooed away as a bother. Baba reminds him that the Mullahs are liars and that the only true sin is thievery, which may take various forms.

Assef, an older child with a sadistic penchant for violence, mocks Amir for mingling with a Hazara, whom he regards as an inferior race whose members only belong in Hazarajat, according to him. Assef is only half-Pashtun, with a German mother and a blond-haired, blue-eyed German look. He plans to assault Amir with brass knuckles one day, but Hassan protects him, threatening to use his slingshot to take out Assef's eye. Assef retreats but vows to avenge himself one day.

Amir wins the local kite-fighting contest one victorious day, finally earning Baba's approval. "For you, a thousand times over," Hassan says to Amir as he races for the final cut kite, a wonderful trophy. Hassan, on the other hand, meets Assef in an alleyway after discovering the kite. Assef physically beats and rapes Hassan for refusing to give over the kite. Amir sees the crime but is afraid to interfere.

He understands that if he fails to bring the kite home, Baba would be disappointed in him. He feels terrible about it, but he knows that speaking about it will ruin his chances of winning Baba's affections, so he stays quiet about it. Following that, Amir maintains a distance from Hassan, as his guilt prevents him from connecting with the youngster. Hassan's mental and physical health starts to decline.

When questioned by Baba, Amir realizes that things would be easier if Hassan were not around, so he hides a watch and some cash beneath Hassan's mattress in the hopes that Baba would force him to leave. Despite the fact that Baba deems "no conduct more horrible than stealing," he forgives him. Hassan and Ali go nevertheless, much to Baba's dismay, because Hassan has informed Ali what happened to him. Amir is no longer plagued by daily reminders of his weakness and treachery, but he continues to live in their shadow.

Five years later, in 1979, the Soviet Union engaged militarily in Afghanistan. Baba and Amir flee to Peshawar, Pakistan, before settling in a run-down apartment in Fremont, California. Baba gets his first job at a petrol station. Amir attends San Jose State University to further his writing talents after graduating from high school. Baba and Amir supplement their income by selling secondhand things at a flea market in San Jose every Sunday.

Amir meets Soraya Taheri, a fellow refugee, and her family there. Even though Baba has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, he may still help Amir by begging Soraya's father for permission to marry her. He agrees, and the two tie the knot. Baba passes away shortly after. Amir and Soraya had a wonderful marriage, but they find much to their dismay, that they are unable to produce children.

Amir establishes himself as a successful author. Amir gets a call from his father's best friend (and boyhood father figure) Rahim Khan fifteen years after his wedding. Khan, who is dying, requests that Amir pay him a visit in Peshawar. "There is a way to be decent again," he says cryptically to Amir.

Hassan and Ali are both deceased, according to Rahim Khan. Ali was murdered after he stepped on a land mine. Hassan and his wife were assassinated because Hassan refused to let the Taliban take Baba and Amir's residence in Kabul. Ali was infertile and not Hassan's biological father, according to Rahim Khan. Hassan was Amir's half-brother, as he was the son of Sanaubar and Baba. Finally, Khan informs Amir that he has summoned him to Pakistan in order to request that he save Hassan's kid, Sohrab, from an orphanage in Kabul.

Amir seeks for Sohrab with the help of Farid, an Afghan cab driver, and Soviet war veteran. They discover that a Taliban official frequently visits the orphanage, bringing cash and typically taking a girl with him. He occasionally picks a guy, most notably Sohrab. Amir learns where to find the official from the orphanage director, and Farid gets an appointment at his house by claiming to have "personal business" with him.

Amir encounters the Taliban commander, Assef, who exposes his true identity. As a dancing boy, Sohrab is kept in Assef's residence. If Amir can defeat Assef in a battle, Assef offers to release him. Assef then severely assaults Amir, shattering multiple bones, until Sohrab fires a brass ball into Assef's left eye with a slingshot. Sohrab assists Amir in leaving the residence, where he passes out and awakens in a hospital.

Sohrab learns about Amir's plans to return to America and maybe adopt him. American officials, on the other hand, want proof of Sohrab's orphan status. Amir informs Sohrab that he may have to return to an orphanage for a short time due to a glitch with the adoption procedure, and Sohrab commits suicide, afraid of going to an institution.

Amir is finally successful in returning him to the United States. After he gets adopted, Sohrab refuses to interact with Amir and Soraya until Amir talks about Sohrab's father Hassan, and kites, as well as demonstrating some of Hassan's talents. Sohrab finally offers Amir a crooked grin, which Amir welcomes wholeheartedly as he runs the kite for Sohrab, adding, "A thousand times over, for you."


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