LEGION III – KINGS OF OBLIVION
By Van Allen Plexico
White Rocket Books
335 pages
For those of you who haven’t been keeping up, this is the third
and final volume of Van Plexico’s THE SHATTERING trilogy. It is a mind-blowing,
action packed finale far greater than anything we could have imagined. Which is no small feat as we’ve been fans of
Plexico’s writing since he burst on the scene with his superhero series,
SENTINELS.
With THE SHATTERING books, Plexico’s love 80s and 90s
science fiction comes shining through so that we can actually feel the
influences of such writers Roger Zelazny and Larry Niven resonating throughout
these adventures.
KINGS OF OBLIVION picks up where all the multi-cliffhangers
from book two, SONS OF TERRA, left off.
There are three levels of existence, the Above where the gods dwell, the
Middle, or our reality, if you will and the Below where dwell all manner of
hellish demons. One such evil entity has
been attempting through various devious manipulations to extend his control to
mankind’s level and thereby become the lord and master of the known galaxies. To achieve this end, the Man in Black has
recruited the aid of several alien species and begun an all out assault on the
universe. Gone are the subtle,
Machiavellian ploys of the first two books.
This foul beast, having been constantly thwarted by a handful of
brilliant and tenacious soldiers, is now determined to totally shatter what he
cannot possess.
Standing in his way are Legion Generals Agrippa and
Tamerlane who in turn have allied themselves with members of an alien warrior
race, the Dyonari and several of the last remaining gods from the fabled Golden City. Together, this small ragtag group has
overcome overwhelming odds while at the same time avoid killing each other in
the remnants of a political coup wherein one of their own, General Iapetus,
attempted to usurp the royal throne.
If you like rousing space battles, desperate last stands and
daring heroes, you are not going to do any better than LEGION III : KINGS OF
OBLIVION. We said it before and it bears
repeating, Van Plexico is the Master of Space Operas. This latest entry cements that beyond any doubt
what-so-ever!
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