Jaffymu Brownovi je 8 let, \u017eije se svou matkou v chudinsk\u00e9 \u010dtvrti v\u00fdchodn\u00edho Lond\u00fdna a jeho \u017eivot ur\u010duj\u00ed n\u00e1hody. D\u00edky jedn\u00e9 z nich se na ulici setk\u00e1v\u00e1 s tygrem. Ze sp\u00e1r\u016f \u0161elmy, kterou si neboj\u00e1cn\u00fd chlapec jde pohladit, ho zachra\u0148uje majitel zv\u011b\u0159ince, pan Jamrach.<\/p>\n
\u201eNic na sv\u011bt\u011b mi nezabr\u00e1nilo zvednout ruku a pohladit ten jej\u00ed \u0161irok\u00fd, tepl\u00fd, hu\u0148at\u00fd \u010denich. Dokonce je\u0161t\u011b te\u010f ten n\u00e1dhern\u00fd dotek c\u00edt\u00edm. Nikdy nic nebylo tak m\u011bkk\u00e9 a \u010dist\u00e9. P\u0159es prav\u00e9 rameno j\u00ed p\u0159eb\u011bhla vlnka, kdy\u017e zvedla tlapu \u2013 v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed, ne\u017e byla moje hlava -, a l\u00edn\u011b m\u011b srazila k zemi. Jako by m\u011b svalil pol\u0161t\u00e1\u0159. Upadl jsem na zem, ale nestalo se mi nic v\u00e1\u017en\u00e9ho, jen jsem si vyrazil dech, a pak u\u017e to byl sen.\u201c<\/p>\n
Jamrach v Jaffym objevuje slabost pro zv\u00ed\u0159ata a zam\u011bstn\u00e1 ho ve sv\u00e9m podniku. D\u00edky nov\u00e9 pr\u00e1ci se ohromen\u00e9mu chlapci otev\u00edraj\u00ed nep\u0159edstaviteln\u00e9 mo\u017enosti. Po n\u011bkolika letech dobrovoln\u011b opou\u0161t\u00ed matku, zbo\u017e\u0148ovan\u00fd zv\u011b\u0159inec i milovanou Ishbel a spolu s jej\u00edm bratrem Timem a zku\u0161en\u00fdm dobrodruhem Danem Rymerem se vyd\u00e1vak\u00e9 na z\u00e1mo\u0159skou cestu. Hledaj\u00ed tajemstv\u00edm op\u0159edenou bytost \u2013 mo\u017en\u00e1 ani neexistuj\u00edc\u00edho draka. Jen\u017ee drak, jeho proklet\u00ed i d\u00e9moni bl\u00e1zniv\u00e9ho chlapce Skipa jsou na palub\u011b spolu s pos\u00e1dkou stejn\u011b tak opravdov\u00ed jako nebezpe\u010dn\u00fd oce\u00e1n. A tak se z klukovsk\u00e9ho dobrodru\u017estv\u00ed st\u00e1v\u00e1 boj o vlastn\u00ed \u017eivot, v n\u011bm\u017e je dovoleno v\u0161e. I to, co sv\u011bdom\u00ed nemus\u00ed un\u00e9st.<\/p>\n
\u201eZapomn\u011bl jsem, pro\u010d jsem tady. O\u010di jsem m\u011bl u\u017e stra\u0161n\u011b unaven\u00e9, p\u0159iv\u0159en\u00e9, p\u0159ivykl\u00e9 pohled\u016fm do sv\u011btla. C\u00edtil jsem se jako moucha na strop\u011b. Jako bych byl vzh\u016fru nohama, nebe bylo vespod a mo\u0159e naho\u0159e, nebyl mezi nimi \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd rozd\u00edl a ani jedno nikde neza\u010d\u00ednalo a nekon\u010dilo. Neznepokojovalo m\u011b to, tehdy ne, skute\u010dn\u011b ne, i kdy\u017e jsem se rozt\u0159\u00e1sl a v\u0161ude na rukou a vzadu na krku mi nasko\u010dila hus\u00ed k\u016f\u017ee.\u201c<\/p>\n
Spolu s okam\u017eikem, kdy v z\u00e1chrann\u00e9m \u010dlunu pos\u00e1dka \u010dek\u00e1 na opravdovou z\u00e1chranu a vyhl\u00ed\u017e\u00ed b\u0159ehy pevniny, Birchov\u00e1 nab\u00edz\u00ed \u010dten\u00e1\u0159i p\u0159\u00edm\u00fd pohled do my\u0161lenek sv\u00e9ho hrdiny. Na p\u0159\u00edkladu jednoho dobrodru\u017estv\u00ed devaten\u00e1ct\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed dok\u00e1\u017ee p\u0159ipravit ne\u010dekan\u00fd z\u00e1\u017eitek pln\u00fd p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161len\u00ed o smyslu na\u0161ich \u010din\u016f, o sd\u00edlen\u00ed strachu i o p\u0159\u00e1telstv\u00ed, jeho\u017e s\u00edlu \u010dlov\u011bk pozn\u00e1 a\u017e v t\u011bch nejt\u011b\u017e\u0161\u00edch chv\u00edl\u00edch. <\/p>\n
Psychologick\u00e9 vykreslen\u00ed postav spolu s d\u00e1vkou tajemna, dramatick\u00fdch ud\u00e1lost\u00ed a ne\u010dekan\u00fdch zvrat\u016f dopl\u0148uje dokonal\u00fd popis re\u00e1li\u00ed, historick\u00e9 i odborn\u00e9 znalosti. V neposledn\u00ed \u0159ad\u011b je pot\u0159eba smeknout p\u0159ed kr\u00e1sn\u00fdm jazykem, j\u00edm\u017e Birchov\u00e1 v rom\u00e1nu promlouv\u00e1. Poda\u0159ilo se j\u00ed toti\u017e v p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhu nahl\u00ed\u017een\u00e9m z pohledu hlavn\u00edho hrdiny propojit minul\u00e9 se sou\u010dasn\u00fdm tak, \u017ee se p\u0159i \u010detb\u011b c\u00edt\u00edte, jako byste vzali do rukou rom\u00e1n psan\u00fd v onom devaten\u00e1ct\u00e9m stolet\u00ed. Pouze s t\u00edm rozd\u00edlem, \u017ee je sou\u010dasn\u00e9mu \u010dten\u00e1\u0159i mnohem bli\u017e\u0161\u00ed.<\/p>\n
Knihu vydalo nakladatelstv\u00ed Host ve skv\u011bl\u00e9m p\u0159ekladu Tom\u00e1\u0161e Ka\u010dera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jamrach\u016fv zv\u011b\u0159inec je dobrodru\u017en\u00fd rom\u00e1n tro\u0161ku \u0161mrncnut\u00fd fantasy, kter\u00fd v\u00e1s uchv\u00e1t\u00ed sv\u00fdm p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhem i stylem a nechyb\u00ed v n\u011bm drama ani trocha psychologie. \u017divot chud\u00e9ho chlapce se b\u011bhem jedin\u00e9ho okam\u017eiku zm\u011bn\u00ed v dramatickou cestu plnou n\u00e1strah, na jej\u00edm\u017e konci ho \u010dek\u00e1 rychl\u00e9 dosp\u011bn\u00ed v mu\u017ee a po\u0161ramocen\u00e1 du\u0161e, kterou m\u016f\u017ee vyl\u00e9\u010dit jen \u010das.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recenze"],"acf":{"related_products":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxor.cz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}