TheEmperor’s Opal by Christopher Morgan
The
Emperor’s Opal is equal parts Tomb Raider, The Mummy, Cheers, and Lord of the Rings. Preston Blacks’s life is the
poster child for a quiet, dull and normal life of desperation. That is until he
meets Tammy McKinley at his favorite bar. You see; Tammy is a wizard, in
training at least. Step by step, Preston loosens his grip on his preconceived
notion of reality and becomes the sole proprietor of magic necessities to the other
world creatures. A magic wholesaler if you will. The strangeness of his story
doesn’t end there because soon he contracts with a vampire to find a very rare
magic commodity and becomes a treasure hunter of sorts. With Tammy as his
companion they scour ancient sites for clues to the whereabouts of the precious
gem, Orphanus. Tammy’s companionship becomes problematic as the lure of the
stone skews her once pure motives.
As I was reading I
kept wanting to look beside me as if I were at a bar listening to a stranger
bragging about some alcohol-induced adventure. Mythical beasts, creatures from
your dreams and nightmares spill across the page as you and the adventurer's speed
toward their goal.
All in all, a nice
adventure, but more of a patchwork quilt of classic and modern adventure
stories already told. I would recommend this story as a good young-adult-type
book. It’s a respectable take on the adventure genre in general.
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| Christopher Morgan |
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