James Enge
Pyr Books
trade paper, 279 p., $17.95
I apologize for the horrible pun in the title of this post, but some things, well, they just have to be done.
I eargerly anticipated this book for most of the summer and was thrilled when the review copy showed up. (Thanks to the good folks at Pyr.) The chaos of moving kept me from getting to it as soon as I'd have liked. But it was worth the wait.
This is the thinnest of the Morlock books so far, but that doesn't mean it's thin on story. It takes us back to the earliest days of Morlock's life and then some. The book opens with Morlock's mother Nimue betraying his father Merlin to his old enemy Earno. She's pregnant with Morlock at the time.
The main part of the action takes place years later, when Morlock, raised by the Dwarves after his parents are exiled, has joined the Graith of Guardians. He's a thain, the lowest possible rank. Morlock has a major problem, one he isn't aware of. He's come to the notice of the gods, and they're messing with him. In case it isn't obvious, let me say that this is never a good thing. Ever.
