By Sandy Amazeen Apr 30, 2007, 1:57 GMT
Pint sized and half blind, Jig has not found his life to be getting any easier after killing the Necromancer and the dragon Straum because now Kralk, the goblin leader fears he will attempt to take her place. No matter that Jig is the goblins only healer who would much rather enjoy the company of his pet fire spider and converse with the abandoned god, Tymalous Shadowstar then take over goblin leadership. When an ogre appears requesting the assistance of Jig Dragonslayer, Kralk jumps on the opportunity to rid herself of the troubling subject assuming either the menace that terrifies ogres or the ogres themselves will kill Jig. Just to be certain he doesn’t return, Kralk sends two inept companions with him, both instructed to kill Jig at the first opportunity. If that wasn’t trouble enough, another goblin bent on discovering the keys to Jig’s magic is hot on his trail and just when Jig could most use Shadowstar’s aid, the god is unusually quiet.
One can only imagine what Joseph Campbell would have said about this most reluctant Hero attempting to survive using equal portions of cowardice and brains. Much in the spirit of Piers Anthony’s Ogre, Ogre this amusing fantasy includes plenty of humorous nods to the genre’s standard fare of questing warriors, scary monsters and evil villains for an engaging, lighthearted romp through the goblin underworld.
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