The Maroon


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(4.4 stars; 4 reviews)

Herbert Vaughan arrives at Mount Welcome, a sugar plantation on the island of Jamaica, after his father had passed away. His arrival is not exactly welcomed, and it sets off a chain of events involving intrigue, romance, jealousy and, of course, voodoo. (23 hr 2 min)

Chapters

Volume 1 Chapter 1 - A Jamaica Sugar Estate 11:57 Read by John
Volume 1 Chapter 2 - A Myal Man 12:46 Read by Kerry Adams
Volume 1 Chapter 3 - A Jamaica Dejeuner 11:07 Read by XavierVO27
Volume 1 Chapter 4 - Two Letters 16:20 Read by XavierVO27
Volume 1 Chapter 5 - The Slaver 10:39 Read by Joann Seah
Volume 1 Chapter 6 - Jowler and Jessuron 8:21 Read by David K. Ewen, M.Ed.
Volume 1 Chapter 7 - The Foolah Prince 16:46 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 8 - A Handsome Offer 13:44 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 9 - Judith Jessuron 16:39 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 10 - The Sea Nymph 19:23 Read by elguti
Volume 1 Chapter 11 - Loftus Vaughan on the Look-out 15:04 Read by John
Volume 1 Chapter 12 - Kate and Yola 14:11 Read by MJ Rodriguez
Volume 1 Chapter 13 - Quashie 10:12 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 14 - Travelling at the Tail 12:53 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 15 - A Slippery Floor 15:27 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 16 - The Kiosk 10:44 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 17 - A Bold Resolve 9:35 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 18 - The Encounter of the Cousins 8:18 Read by MJ Rodriguez
Volume 1 Chapter 19 - A Surly Reception 13:48 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 20 - The Jew's Penn 17:28 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 21 - A Fiery Baptism 14:45 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 22 - A Couch of Silk-Cotton 10:42 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 23 - A Tree Fountain 10:35 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 24 - The Hog-Hunter 11:02 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 25 - The Runaway 9:10 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 26 - A Combat Declined 11:18 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 27 - The Maroons 10:20 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 28 - A Forest Breakfast 16:21 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 29 - Quaco 9:59 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 30 - A Jamaica Justice 16:48 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 31 - An Unexpected Patron 11:50 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 32 - A Plotting Parent 14:45 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 33 - Another of the Same 11:21 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 34 - A Sweetheart Expected 9:00 Read by tjfria
Volume 1 Chapter 35 - A Love Scene under a Cieba 18:04 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 1 - Smythje in Shooting Costume 12:01 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 2 - A Cockney Sportsman 10:19 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 3 - Stalking a Turkey 8:51 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 4 - Smythje Embarrassed by his Boots 10:20 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 5 - A Tropic Shower 7:56 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 6 - A Dangerous Dance 11:47 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 7 - Quashie in a Quandry 12:12 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 8 - A Scarcity of Trousers 10:26 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 9 - Herbert in the Happy Valley 15:52 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 10 - In Search of Justice 11:20 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 11 - Magistrate and Maroon 14:05 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 12 - The Smythje Eclipse 12:02 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 13 - A Proposal Postponed 14:11 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 14 - The Obscuration 15:15 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 15 - An Encounter of Eyes 8:22 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 16 - The Smythje Ball 22:15 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 17 - After the Ball 11:19 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 18 - Paving the Way 20:07 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 19 - The Duppy's Hole 14:22 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 20 - Chakra, the Myal-Man 12:03 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 21 - The Resurrection 12:47 Read by Josh Herlihy
Volume 2 Chapter 22 - The Love-Spell 7:32 Read by Josh Herlihy
Volume 2 Chapter 23 - Chakra Redivivus 13:05 Read by Josh Herlihy
Volume 2 Chapter 24 - The Bargain of Obeah 17:09 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 25 - The Mysterious Motive 9:00 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 26 - The Death Spell 7:35 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 27 - The Invocation of Accompong 14:26 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 28 - Midnight Wanderers 18:28 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 29 - Tracking the Strollers 7:48 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 30 - Cynthia in the Way 11:36 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 31 - Strange Disclosures 14:37 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 32 - A Stormy Scene 11:52 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 33 - Where Next? 20:13 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 34 - A Dark Compact 10:05 Read by tjfria
Volume 2 Chapter 35 - Stalking the Sleeper 13:55 Read by VBagolor
Volume 2 Chapter 36 - A Mission for the Man-Hunters 8:43 Read by TriciaG
Volume 3 Chapter 1 - A Starling Summons 8:50 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 2 - Blue Dick 8:39 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Absence 13:15 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 4 - A Shadowed Spirit 9:47 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 5 - The Stirrup-Cup 7:10 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 6 - The Horn Signal 12:19 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 7 - Quaco's Queer Encounter 7:53 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 8 - An Uncle in Danger 8:39 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 9 - An Equestrian Excursion 8:12 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 10 - Smythje Among the Statues 7:01 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 11 - A Strange Determination 7:38 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 12 - A Jealous Reconnoissance 7:38 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 13 - A Spy in Ambush 10:08 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 14 - A Fell Purpose Defeated 11:29 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 15 - Cynthia's Report 9:09 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 16 - A Day of Conjectures 8:25 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 17 - The Sick Traveller 9:26 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 18 - A Hideous Intruder 9:02 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 19 - Two Speculative Travellers 10:45 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 20 - No Blood 11:23 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 21 - The Captures of Caçadores 10:07 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 22 - A Double Murder 7:53 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 23 - Chakra on the Back Track 11:48 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 24 - The Vigil of Love and the Vigil of Jealousy 13:25 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 25 - Cynthia in Trouble 13:00 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 26 - A Fatal Sneeze 8:27 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 27 - Chakra Trimming his Lamp 10:32 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 28 - Setting the Signal 9:31 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 29 - The Cry of the Solitaire 13:04 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 30 - A Sad Procession 8:34 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 31 - The Abduction 11:56 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 32 - Burglars! Robbers! Murderers! 10:21 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 33 - Dread Conjectures 10:38 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 34 - Smythje Still Living 8:08 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 35 - On the Track of the Destroyer 7:46 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 36 - Too Late 9:48 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 37 - The Corpse of a Cousin 8:39 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 38 - The Sleep-Spell 13:27 Read by tjfria
Volume 3 Chapter 39 - A New Job for Chakra 8:59 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 40 - Dead, or Asleep? 10:34 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 41 - Quaco Turned Myal-Man 9:22 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 42 - The Rescue 7:06 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 43 - Down the Mountain 13:16 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 44 - An Orphan 9:57 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 45 - An Involuntary Suicide 12:04 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 46 - Quaco in Ambush 6:10 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 47 - The Doom of Destiny 10:15 Read by John
Volume 3 Chapter 48 - Conclusion 15:52 Read by John

Reviews

Epic Saga of Conflicting Interests


(4.5 stars)

Long and detailed saga, yet well written and interesting. Narration very good overall.