The story “Mage, Maze, Demon” by Charles Allen Gramlich is the
latest entry in the Veridical Dreams series, based on the dream journals of
Kyle J. Knapp and developed by David Cranmer of Beat to a Pulp. It’s the tale
of a barbarian named Bryle, whose help is enlisted by a sinister sorcerer
(really, what other kind is there?) to recover a valuable artifact hidden in a
maze and guarded by a demon as well as other mystical threats. Don’t think you
know everything that’s going to happen once Bryle gets in that maze, though.
Gramlich has a few nice plot twists up his sleeve.
As you’d expect from a veteran writer and long-time scholar of Robert E. Howard’s work, Gramlich spins a top-notch sword and sorcery yarn. The action races along and comes to a very satisfying conclusion. Bryle is an appealing protagonist, and I’m particularly fond of one of the non-human characters who becomes, in effect, Bryle’s sidekick, even with no dialogue. “Mage, Maze, Demon” is a very entertaining fantasy tale and gets a high recommendation from me.
As you’d expect from a veteran writer and long-time scholar of Robert E. Howard’s work, Gramlich spins a top-notch sword and sorcery yarn. The action races along and comes to a very satisfying conclusion. Bryle is an appealing protagonist, and I’m particularly fond of one of the non-human characters who becomes, in effect, Bryle’s sidekick, even with no dialogue. “Mage, Maze, Demon” is a very entertaining fantasy tale and gets a high recommendation from me.
4 comments:
Glad you enjoyed!
Got it, will read this afternoon.
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Awesome - I picked this up a couple of weeks ago, but never got a chance to read it. Thanks for the review.
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