This medical thriller is written by someone who has clearly read Rand (the novel's title, in fact, is a nod to a line from The Fountainhead). Think Hank Rearden + Ragnar Danneskjöld + flintlocks. His steadfast morality and ruthless rationality make him the closest to a Randian hero I have found outside of something actually written by Rand. He soon escapes, and begins a life of derring-do and piracy on the Caribbean Sea of the late 17th century.īlood himself will be of the most interest to fans of Rand. It tells the tale of Peter Blood, an honest doctor who is sentenced to slavery after trying to help a wounded rebel soldier during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. Of his many books Captain Blood is probably the most famous. Sabatini wrote swashbuckling historical fiction in the early part of the 20th century. But if you loved Rand's Objectivist fiction you'll be sure to like these five other compelling authors and novels. Once you've powered through Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, We the Living, Anthem, The Night of January 16th, and her Unpublished Fiction, where do you turn for similar stories, plots, and characters? Unfortunately, there's only so much fiction that Rand wrote. The moral clarity of her characters, tightness of her plot lines, and insights into the human condition combine for some incredible page turners. Reading the novels of Ayn Rand for the first time is an unforgettable experience.
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