The Sins of Men (The Peter Smith Chronicles) by Danny J. Bradbury – Review by Kerry Carr

The Sins of Men: An American Revolutionary War Drama by Danny J. Bradbury
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the first book in The Peter Smith Chronicles. It is a historical war time story which has adventure, danger, a child’s torment, growth and revenge all wrapped around war time.
This sort of story isn’t something I would usually pick to read however the authors attention to detail and the story that was woven around Peter and his life was so moving and captivating that I could help being dragged into the story.
In this book we follow Peter as he finds his way in life. This story is hard to read at first as when we meet Peter he is a street urchin struggling to survive, then things go from back to worse when he is put in prison for stealing before being sent to work as a cabin boy on the warship Progress. All of this while he is only 10 years old.
The torture and abuse he suffers while being a cabin boy to the Captain is heartbreaking and something no child should ever have to go through.
When he finally makes his escape he gets a chance to heal, learn and grow and when the opportunity for revenge presents itself he has a choice.
Does he side with America when they go to war? Or does he do it just to get revenge on the evil people that tried to destroy his future.
This is a really emotional story for me. Having a 10 year old myself I was heartbroken reading what Peter went through as a child. The author has created a great start to this series and I can’t wait to read more.

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