Stuff of Legends
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
View our feature on Ian Gibson's Stuff of Legends
A true legend rescues maidens...pillages temples...and slaughters evil hordes...
But what does he do when all the fun is over?
When an annoyingly eager young man by the name of Eliott, his Elvish guardian, and a bard-for-hire magically drop into the life of former hero Jordan the Red, the aged warrior wants nothing to do with them. He's had enough of battling the world. But Eliott wants an adventure with the legendary, sword-swinging soldier of fortune-and this hero is about to be forced out of retirement.
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Old-school tabletop gamers wanting a bit of nostalgia are the only ones likely to enjoy this formulaic fantasy. Retired hero Jordan the Red is enjoying a peaceful game of chess with a fishing buddy when the peace and quiet is rudely disrupted by eager fanboy Eliott and his winsome elven babysitter, Kess. Jordan does his best to stay retired, but Eliott pleas relentlessly for a quest until the hero reluctantly returns to action. Gibson relies heavily on the standard and often tired tropes of fantasy, and if he'd managed to do anything new with them, this might have been a bright, appealing, and lively book. Instead, the reader is left with a cartoony world and a cast of two-dimensional characters in what comes off as a poor man's Terry Pratchett.
