KARILYNE
Heart
Cold As Ice
By Van
Allen Plexico
White
Rocket Books
333 pgs.
Hell hath
no fury like an Ice Goddess tricked. Here’s hoping you’ll forgive my twising
the Bard’s famous phrase to kick off this review of Van Allen Plexico’s latest
entry in his grand space saga. Karilyne is the beautiful goddess of ice and
steel who enjoys her solitude. When a fellow god, Cevelar, accompanied by a
human, General Vostok, come to her for help, she unwittingly falls for their
lies and soon finds herself imprisoned in a foreign castle and her mighty
battle axe stolen.
Through
the assistance of a strange little techno mage, Karilyne and her human aid,
Mirana, escape only to learn Cevelar and Vostok are seeking six cosmic weapons
of incredible power with which they hope to resurrect a dead god of chaos.
Karilyne’s axe is one of the six artifacts required. But she knows their insane
plan will ultimately bring about the destruction of the entire universe. They
must be stopped and she will have her revenge.
Soon they
are joined by two female Templar knights and a giant gray warrior, all agreeing
to serve Karilyne for the duration of her mission. The group begins to travel
the varied dimenions of the Three Levels upon which reside gods, humans and
aliens. When Solonis, a whimsical god possessing a time traveling machine, joins
them, the action kicks into high gear. Soon our heroes are flung from one reality
to another. They even witness the all consuming future entropy; if Cevelar and
Vostok are successful.
Once
again, Plexico creates memorable characters, each distinct and original. He
then drops them into wondrous settings rich with imagination. His world building is clever and mesmerizing,
pulling the reader into these myriad realms effortlessly. If you’ve read his
earlier books in this saga, you already know what fun awaits you. If you are
just now discovering the series, do not wait another minute before opening this
book; what awaits inside will blow your mind!!
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