The Sting of The Silver Manticore (Heroic Fantasy)
By P.J. Lozito
Pro Se Press
ISBN #978-1475251081
304 Pages
Price $10.80
Rating 4-Stars
“He Haunts The Most Dangerous Prey!”
The Silver Manticore is a combination of The Green Hornet,
The Shadow, The Coperhead, and maybe a few other heroes from pulp, radio, comic
books, and serials. In “The Sting of The
Silver Manticore”, the author’s first novel, our hero is pitted against Hanoi
Tsin and Siam Khan (Dr. Fu Manchu & Shiwan Khan). There is a lot of action,
mixed with an equal amount of dialogue, and sometimes a bit of confusion. The
author gives homage to just about every fictional character in literature, from
Captain Nemo to Doc Savage and Secret Agent X, and many more.
Overall, this was an interesting work, and nicely written
for a first novel. Although the homage to all the old characters was cute, the
reader spends too much time trying to figure out who is supposed to be whom in
this play – however, perhaps that was the intent of the author. Still, I would
have preferred to see less homage to other characters, and the author’s own
creativity with brand new characters.
There was some minor editing problems, but nothing serious,
and the cover was quite beautiful. I expect to see the author settle down now
that his first novel is out, and give us a truly stand up novel featuring this
new pulp hero without all the clones.
Check this author out!
