I found myself laughing Yet the story isn’t silly in many ways it’s more grown up than most of the comedic fantasy you’ve read it’s got a little more swagger, a lot more swearing, and more violence than a mosh pit full of Juggalos. The humor doesn’t stop there there are great pop-culture shout outs and fantasy references throughout the book. That destruction includes wrecking hotels and party buses-er-airships, in two of many clever comparisons between Saga and your favorite rock band of the eighties or nineties. It’d be a short book if Clay couldn’t be convinced to join up, and sure enough Clay and Gabe and several memorable bandmates are carving a swath of destruction across the land. Gabe’s daughter is half a world away, across a deadly forest, trapped in a city besieged by a horde of angry monsters. Clay has settled down with a wife and started a happy, peaceful life that’s interrupted when Saga’s front man, Gabe, shows up and begs Clay to help reunite the old crew. Kings introduces us to Clay “Slow Hand” Cooper, a former superstar of the defunct mercenary band, Saga. Along the way, they’ll booze it up, brawl with monsters and the law, trash a couple of venues, and somehow save the world while they’re at it. What’s the difference between a band of heroes and a band of musical superstars? Not much in Kings of the Wyld, Nicholas Eames’ rocking epic about a bunch of has-been heroes reuniting for one last adventure.
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