From
the back cover
“In
the mists of time, before Atlantis rose. . .
“Gath
of Baal was imprisoned by the Horned Helmet, the Death Dealer. Only the
innocent touch of the maiden Robin Lakehair could free him from its murderous
power, even for a time.
“Now
Tivvy, Nymph Queen of Pyram, seeks the godlike powers that she can gain only
from Robin Lakehair’s death. To save Robin’s life, Gath must don the helmet
again and confront the demons Tivvy has summoned from the primordial depths─demons
that emerge from mankind’s deepest fears.
“For
his own freedom and the life of his beloved, Gath of Baal, the Death Dealer,
must face the Lords of Destruction.”
Review
Lords picks
up shortly after the events of Prisoner of the Horned Helmet. Like its
source novel and the artwork that inspired Prisoner, it is hypermasculine
and cinematic-vivid, with genre-puncturing humor baked into the bloody, often-too-sexist
storyline and characters (lots of women-wallowing-in-bathetic-naked-distress
scenes). Because of these last bits of excess, there are occasional passages
that are more filler than thriller, but, because of Silke’s ability to balance
engaging characters, effective twists, intriguing action and storylines, clever
wordplay and a hurly burly tone, it works for the most part. While not as good
as Prisoner, it is a worthwhile continuation and expansion of the
characters, themes and storyline from the first book.
Followed
by Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer: Tooth and Claw.
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