DRAGON KINGS OF THE ORIENT
By Percival Constantine
Pulpwork Press
177 pages
This terrific, fast paced fantasy action thriller is the
second in the Elisa Hill, Myth Hunter series and even better than the first; no
small feat. Elisa Hill is a hunter of
lost artifacts made famous in ancient lore.
Along with her mentor, Max Finch, and the Japanese kitsune, a type of
were-fox changeling, Asami, she finds herself caught in a titanic contest
between ancient oriental deities and a roguish creature of legend known as the
Monkey King.
It is through this fabled half-human, half-simian being that
they discover the four Dragon Kings are about to unleash their centuries old
plot to dominate the world and make all mankind their slaves. This they will accomplish by their powers to
control the oceans of the world and wreaking havoc wherever necessary to force
the various countries of the world to bow to their commands.
Now only Elisa, her two companions and an agent from the
super secret Freemasons society are all that stand between total disaster and
salvation. But can even these unique characters prove strong enough to win the
day?
In this age of the popular urban fantasy genre, we seem to
be inundated with more and more series featuring sparkly vampires, sexy witches
and zombie private eyes. Enough for this
reader to yell, “Uncle!” Contantine’s
“Dragon Kings of the Orient,” packs more wall-to-wall action than any of ten of
those other wimpy titles combined. Being
an American teacher in Japan,
he has a unique, personal perspective on the Far East
and its culture and uses it to great advantage in this rousing adventure
tale.
In the past, he has offered us other series but none of them
can hold a candle to this one. Elisa Hill is a truly original, fun character
and I hope we get to read many more of he exploits along with those of her
truly remarkable supporting cast.
People, this book is a solid must read!
1 comment:
Thanks. I found the Kindle edition and it was a bargain. I appreciate your blog bringing good books to the attention of those of us to dull to find them.
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