Book Diary Entry Fangs of K'aath Review
Book: Fangs of K’aath
Author: Paul Kidd
Pages: 364
Hard Core Scale: 3/4
Normal Scale:9/10
Publish Date: 2000 (some aspects published in 1990)
About: Two crossed lovers, the beggar storyteller Sandhri and the scholar
Raschid fall in love in the market square. However, there is more than meets
the eye as political unrest deepens between the nobility and desert regions. The
Kingdom Osra will be tested for its sins both in and out.
Review:
Fangs of K’aath is like a fine wrought music box. Wounded up its pieces dance
hypnotically and enchantingly so. Paul
is a master of the word, building scene and character to life with wonderful
attention to detail. They might be one of the few of those storytellers left in
the world. A story for storytellers. Sandhri’s tails are one of the best things
in the work and contain the real meat in the work beyond the simple metaphor in
their reflection of real-life. It demonstrates the power of the story. There is
trope here a plenty, mostly kept checked and balanced, but it does dominate the
work. If I was not cursed with Claude Levi Strauss vision every nook and turn
would be fantastic. For my ilk sadly there are no surprises. Some pallid things
in the antagonist department trope wise in concern of the story mechanics and
conflict of resolution. That too is a fast rapid paced rise and fall action. Yet,
Paul Knows what makes stories fun, that swashbuckling adventure, the curvature
of the imagination in the trope, keeping that magic alive that is so missing
from modern mass market tales. Some interesting world chinks that may backfire
the suspense of disbelief, but we will see what the sequel can plot hole cover.
As I said, a well-crafted music box springing to life and you should wind it
and listen. The dreamy stuff hoping for a better world and tomorrow and that is
a fine thing to be, for there seems to be less of it in the world now, we need
more of it.
It also was short lived comic in 1993, and 1997 issues too before. They follow the book well for the few chapters represented, ended sadly due to publisher issues. Art is pretty good; the historic details are a nice layer to the 1997 series.
It also was short lived comic in 1993, and 1997 issues too before. They follow the book well for the few chapters represented, ended sadly due to publisher issues. Art is pretty good; the historic details are a nice layer to the 1997 series.
