I’m hoping that it’s a loose thread that Eames will explore in the later books.Īnd I will be picking up the later books. It could be that the author intended this change of heart (or lack thereof) to be part of the joke, but I missed it. Neither one is inherently bad I think we should consider the repercussions of our diet, and Lord knows I love pulled pork, but I wouldn’t schedule them both in the same party. It’s struck me as analogous to hosting a debate on the ethical and environmental wrongs of factory farming at a massive barbeque. And then they do kill the fae, in graphic fashion, and never think of it again.
It makes Clay and his fellow heroes wonder if it’s right to kill them after all. More than once Eames shows that the creatures arrayed against humanity may be redeemable, or at least as redeemable as the humans. I also scratched my head at the unexplored theme of injustice against the Fae and monsters. For one thing, the author has said on Goodreads that he could represent female characters better I’ll agree with him and leave it at that.
It also pulls off some sick riffs on the heartstrings, and delivers an emotional gut punch or two as well. I found myself laughing Yet the story isn’t silly in many ways it’s more grown up than most of the comedic fantasy you’ve read it’s got a little more swagger, a lot more swearing, and more violence than a mosh pit full of Juggalos. The humor doesn’t stop there there are great pop-culture shout outs and fantasy references throughout the book. That destruction includes wrecking hotels and party buses-er-airships, in two of many clever comparisons between Saga and your favorite rock band of the eighties or nineties.
It’d be a short book if Clay couldn’t be convinced to join up, and sure enough Clay and Gabe and several memorable bandmates are carving a swath of destruction across the land.
Gabe’s daughter is half a world away, across a deadly forest, trapped in a city besieged by a horde of angry monsters. Clay has settled down with a wife and started a happy, peaceful life that’s interrupted when Saga’s front man, Gabe, shows up and begs Clay to help reunite the old crew. Kings introduces us to Clay “Slow Hand” Cooper, a former superstar of the defunct mercenary band, Saga. Along the way, they’ll booze it up, brawl with monsters and the law, trash a couple of venues, and somehow save the world while they’re at it. What’s the difference between a band of heroes and a band of musical superstars? Not much in Kings of the Wyld, Nicholas Eames’ rocking epic about a bunch of has-been heroes reuniting for one last adventure.
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