SFF

A Red Sun Also Rises

by Mark Hodder
Pyr: Prometheus. Dec. 2012. c.272p. ISBN 9781616146948. pap. $17.95. FANTASY
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Reclusive Anglican priest Aiden Fleisher and brilliant hunchback Clarissa Stark travel as missionaries to the distant South Pacific island of Koluwai, where they encounter hostile natives—and a gateway to another world lit by two suns. Fleisher and Stark meet the native Yatsill, consummate mimics who construct an elaborate society based on Victorian London, using details mined from the thoughts of their new visitors. As Aiden and Clarissa strive to make sense of this strange new world, they become aware of an approaching menace: the arrival of a third sun that will bring the Blood Gods to ravage the world.
VERDICT The author of the Philip K. Dick Award-winning Burton & Swinburne series (The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack; The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man; Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon) launches a new series that features a pair of uncommon—and uncommonly appealing—protagonists and blends the fantastic with elements of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and H.P. Lovecraft. Hodder once again excels in his ability to blend Victorian steampunk, psychological thriller, and "sword and planet" fantasy into an intriguing and entertaining adventure. [Previewed in LJ 8/15 Genre Spotlight feature, "Hungry for SF," by Kristi Chadwick
Reviewed by Jackie Cassada , Nov 15, 2012
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