Gorias LaGaul is back and as
I said in my
review of Thrall, he would kick Conan’s butt. This is the second book in a dark heroic
fantasy with an aging protagonist.
Gorias is a protagonist that
I can identify with in many aspects.
Pragmatic to a fault he is accepting of his age and doesn’t let it stop
him from doing what he wants to do. I’m
not sure I can identify with his ruthlessness but it certainly is
effective. He has skewed soft spots that
pop up with surprising frequency. He is
a much, much larger than life character.
That is what makes him so entertaining.
The story provide Gorias
with a quest. Requested to quest by a
former love, he acquiesces reluctantly.
His personal code of ethics demands he remain loyal to past loves. In his case, it means a wealth of women for
whom he must be loyal.
As fantasies go, there are
the requisites of Dragons, monsters, demons, wizards, pirates and assorted
nefarious characters. Steven adds his
own personal twists to the standard hosts providing them with identities that
enable them to be unique.
Action runs amuck as well as
libidos, the easily offended may want to pass on this book. For the rest of us who enjoy rollicking good
humor and raucous action this is a book for the must read shelf.
I highly recommend the book.
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