Chase the Morning

by Michael Scott Rohan

Book Overview

During a nostalgic visit to the docksides of his youth, Steve, an unassuming import/export agent, steps into another universe, where buccaneers, demigods, and mythic heroes mingle. Reprint. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688088856
• ISBN13: 9780688088859
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

One of my favorites

Creative setting, fun characters, and a different feel from most other fantasy stories. I very much enjoyed this one (more than the Winter of the World series, also by Rohan), and will spoil none of it for you ;)

Original contemporary fantasy

I love this series, its intermingling of today's everyday man's spleen with strange alternate realities. It's a work of rare originality that leaves the reader who loves romance ad adventure whit a pang of existential angst wholly satisfied

Fantasy and adventure on the High Seas.

Chase the Morning, by Michael Scott RohanSteve is a Import/Export executive in a nameless British city. His impulsiveness, curiosity, and good turn to a stranger lead him to learn of a greater and more magical world just around the corner from our own. Our world, the Core is the center point of a seemingly limitless sea of lands of magic and adventure. Voodoo, strange magic, demigods, and sea adventure a la Horatio Hornblower are the order of the day, as Steve, at first unwillingly, learns more about this strange secret outer world on its magical high seas. Hollow inside, Steve grows and learns what it is to be a man and take responsibility through his adventures with his odd, new companions. Certainly, the book at its main is the trope of "modern man thrown into a fantasy world" but the intersection of those worlds, their dependence on each other, and the vividness of the descriptions (especially the battle scenes) make the novel work. I know now why my friend Scott seeks out novels from this British author, even though they can prove difficult and expensive to obtain here in the states. Recommended.

A transport of delight

If you can get hold of this book, do. Rohan manages the difficult 'crossing of the line' between the real world and Fantasy with consumate skill. His wordsmithing is superb when it comes to crafting an 'almost visible' fantasy world. The book takes the reader into a world of tall ships and then into the blood and passion soaked heart of the 16th century Caribbean - and then into the heart of voodoo. The characters - such as Gyp the pilot and Mad Mall are vibrant. I loved it. The plot twists and shakes and allows us windows into the frailties which make us human. Yet it is a triumphal book. It's time it was reprinted.

A Wonderful Ride in the Fantasy World

This book has to be one of the best Fantasys I have ever read. It shows you the normal world with a normal person you can relate to and then pulls you along into a Fantasy world of wonder and excitement. Steve is a guy we are all like sometimes and it makes us realize how wrapped up in our own lives we can get. But then Steve finds something to pull him out of his own comfortable world and into "reality"(in a sense) by pushing him into Fantasy, he sees who he truly is. In way we all can relate to this, we all need a little adventure in our lives. So since we won't really ever find ourselves in the Rim one day, we can read this book to take us there. Rohan does a great job in all aspects of the book. He gives great descriptions of everything without managing to bore us, the entire book is fast paced and filled with amazing adventures, humor, and even romance. It keeps you guessing and wondering while pulling you through a rollercoaster of emotions. It's a wonderful ride in the Fantasy World.