tiistai 27. joulukuuta 2016

Greg Van Eekhout: Pacific Fire

Greg Van Eekhout jatkaa California Bones -fantasiaromaaniaan kymmenen vuotta myöhemmin: Pacific Fire (Tom Doherty Associates, 2015; ISBN 9781429945691).



Teos oli nopealukuinen, ja tarina rullasi jämäkästi eteenpäin, vaikka erityisen omaperäiseksi kertomuksen fantasiaelementtejä ei voikaan sanoa, jossain määrin oli saman toistoa verrattuna kirjasarjan ensimmäiseen osaan.

Jatkoa näyttäisi olevan luvassa, ainakin siinä määrin kesken tuntui kirjan tarina jäävän. Tarkistin asian netistä, ja todellakin, kyseessä on trilogia, jonka kolmas osa on Dragon Coast. Päätösosaa ei kuitenkaan ole lainattavissa Helmetin kautta. Laittaisin se heti varaukseen jos olisi mahdollista.



I'm Sam. I'm just this guy.

Okay, yeah, I'm a golem created from the substance of his own magic by the late Hierarch of Southern California. With a lot of work, I might be able to wield magic myself. I kind of doubt it, though. Not like Daniel Blackland can.

Daniel's the reason the Hierarch's gone and I'm still alive. He's also the reason I've lived my entire life on the run. Ten years of never, ever going back to Los Angeles. Daniel's determined to protect me. To teach me.

But it gets old. I've got nobody but Daniel. I'll never do anything normal. Like attend school. Or date a girl.

Now it's worse. Because things are happening back in LA. Very bad people are building a Pacific firedrake, a kind of ultimate weapon of mass magical destruction. Daniel seemed to think only he could stop them. Now Daniel's been hurt. I managed to get us to the place run by the Emmas. (Many of them. All named Emma. It's a long story.) They seem to be healing him, but he isn't going anyplace soon.

Do I even have a reason for existing, if it isn't to prevent this firedrake from happening? I'm good at escaping from things. Now I've escaped from Daniel and the Emmas, and I'm on my way to LA.

This may be the worst idea I ever had.

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