Pirate Freedom is a new standalone novel by the master writer himself, Gene Wolfe.
The story follows a young man who one day walks out the front gate of the mission he has lived at for many years, and finds himself on Cuba in the age of pirates. He soon joins a ships crew, and few the next few years travels the sea, eventually becoming the Dread Pirate Chris.
It is told from the perspective of an older Chris, living and working in what appears to be a modern Church, he recounts his life as a pirate.
The ending is satisfying and wraps things up fairly nicely.
This is a very enjoyable little book, probably my favorite of Gene Wolfe's standalone novels, it may not have the depth of his "Book of the New Sun", or "Wizard Knight" series, but it is still very clearly a Gene Wolfe novel.
9.2/10
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