Olympic kickboxer Harris
Greene's career has just self-destructed, and both his manager and his fiance,
Gaby, have dumped him. While looking for Gaby, he interrupts a bizarre trio as
they are kidnapping her, and he is hurled into another, very weird, universe.
His only hope is Doc Sidhe, this Art Deco universe's greatest champion of
justice.
Doc
Sidhe (SF/Fantasy/Mystery)
By
Aaron Allston
BAEN
Price
$5.99
337
Pages
Rating
5-Stars
Our world is the Grim
World, the alternate world is the Fair world (where once our fairy tales came
from); in this Fair world magic still exist, as do non-humans. Doctor Desmond
MeqqRee runs the Sidhe Foundations, and his friends call him Doc. He designs
building and bridges, and fights crime with his aides. He is the Fair world’s
Doc Savage; in this case he’s Doc Sidhe.
Harris
Greene is a kick boxer, trained in tae kwon do. The night he loses his latest
fight his manager drops him, then his girlfriend Gaby Donohue dumps him. He
gets drunk and wants to make up with her; when he sees men abducting her, he
follows and attacks the men giving Gaby time to escape, and then he finds
himself in an alternate world.
Gab
Donohue is gifted, and Duncan Blackletter wants to study her. He needs to take
her to the Fair world to do that. But then Harris Greene and his new friend,
Doc shows up to rescue her again, and she ends up in the Fair world where strangely
she feels at home.
The author even gives credit to Lester Dent and Walter
Gibson, two giants of the pulp universe from which he drew his characters for
this book. The story was a lot of fun, with excitement on every page. Although
maybe patterned after Doc Savage, Doc Sidhe was much different. He’s
vulnerable, his people kill, and they die in battle; something Doc’s aides
never did. But this new universe isn’t supposed to be a rip off of Doc Savage
and his aides; these are great characters in their own right. But if you love
the Doc Savage adventures, you’ll definitely like Doc Sidhe and his adventure
in this fast-paced yarn. Highly recommended.
Tom
Johnson
Author
of COLD WAR HEROES
I enjoyed this one, too. There's a sequel that's also fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bill. I'm reading the sequel now. I've had these books, like forever, and just now reading them (LOL). You're right, they are a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI've heard there's a sequel, but never read it. I really enjoyed the first book, though.
ReplyDeleteYep, I'm reading the sequel now. Harris Green's kickboxing trainer, Zeb joins them in this one. I'm about 100 pages in so far, and lots of action.
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