The Angel's Command

In some ways Brian Jacques's Castaways of the Flying Dutchman trilogy is drastically different from his Redwall series, but they're more similar than is apparent at first glance. The Flying Dutchman books primarily feature human characters rather than anthropomorphized animals, but the speech patter......more

Every bit as good as the first book. It is kind of like two stories for every book, with only two of the same characters: Ben, a fourteen-year-old boy that never grows old, and Ned, a black Labrador. In the first book, the first story was Ben aboard the Flying Dutchman, and the second story was Ben......more

I liked it better than the first...This is a serious book in children's wrapping. Those unused to Jaques fire-side stories may not understand the allure his books have. They are traditional in the best sense of the word: enjoyable, identifiable, and with a clear sense of right and wrong devoid (most......more

Someone referred to "The Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" trilogy as their favorite comfort series. It's impossible to put it any more succinctly than that. A common criticism of this book include: 1) Ned & Ben lives are unchallenging, making friends, not starving to death and their plans working ou......more

Let's get one thing strait; I love Brian Jacques. As in LOVE. And when you love something or someone, you tend to be pretty forgiving of its/their faults. That being said, I really didn't enjoy this book or it's predecessor Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, nearly as much as I enjoy Jacques' Redwall......more