Wednesday, February 20, 2013

WebMage by Kelly McCullough

This was okay - but not to be compared with Bared Blade. Maybe I just never really bought into the cyber fantasy thing. I've spent too many years with computers to consider them fit for a fantasy venue. The only one that I thought ever came really close was Stasheff with St. Vidicon. Oh well. And the mix with the ancient Greek pantheon was just a little creepy.

Our hero is a many great-grandson of Lachesis - one of the fates. The three ladies are, of course, still around, and they are up to something truly nefarious. Ravirn (our hero) is seriously clueless, but manages to save the world and himself -- and his sweetie -- in spite of it all. He gets himself cast out and all that, but there is a vast multiplicity of available universes, and he gets himself a new name that is much easier to pronounce. If it is part of a series, I'll pass.

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