On the planet Maalstrom, Flores of the Turlicum Clan battles rivals in the ancient City of Ven and discovers a secret entrance to the forbidden Temple where he falls in love with the priestess Amina, the most beautiful gila of the Three Valleys. Heroic fantasy in the tradition of Robert E. Howard & Edgar Rice Burroughs.
What if humans had not just two genders, but three, or four? In the distant past, Earth colonizers on the alien planet Maalstrom found themselves 'colonized' when their DNA fused with a local species of hornet. Now a medieval world has emerged where Flores of the Turlicum wages bloody war against rivals in their hive-like city. The pace is unceasing, the sex torrid, the violence gruesome, and the religion, like the Maalstrom landscape, detailed and bizarre. An environmental tale of the interdependence of different species? Or the ultimate war between the sexes? This bloody heroic fantasy gradually untangles a bizarre interdependence of alien species, drawing a vengeful Flores of the Turlicum Clan across the landscape of a violent planet.
Published by Dark Lotus Books, Home of the Just Plain Weird.
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Excerpt
“Aside!” Malag said. “You have no business here.”
As if chiseled in stone the intruder made no move.
Malag grimaced. “Speak, man! What do you here? You are not of Tumset, and you do not work for me. By what right do you interfere in my affairs?”
The man said nothing, but fingered the butt of his sword.
“I warn you. Only once more shall I ask. Who are you; and from where do you hail?”
A moment passed.
“A stranger.”
The slaver's lips twisted with sarcasm. “Nothing more? You have no name?”
The intruder lowered his eyes until they rested on a ring upon one finger. The ring bore the sign of the Turlicum.
He glanced up again. “You need not know it.”
Malag's eyes narrowed. Again he took in the common raiment and style of the intruder. Stepping back, he turned to his men. “Cut this dog to pieces. Then scatter them throughout the valley!”
Without hesitation, the two axe-wielders leapt forward. . .
Professional Reviews
Wonderfully Inventive Plots
“Glenn Lazar Roberts is one of the finest writers of unconventional prose in contemporary fiction. His wonderfully inventive plots and mastery of the language place him in the company of Calvino, Burges, Gass... The story is a hair-raising adventure... Highly recommended.” -CT
The Suspense Never Lets Up
“Glenn Lazar Roberts has created an imaginary world filled with exotic creatures and strange customs [that is] drastically different from anything the reader has experienced. The suspense and the action never let up, always a new twist and a mystery... This book will keep you up all night reading it.” -M. Kilgore
Superb Writing Style
“Using an incredible writing style, Roberts has created a fantasy that is bloody, vengeful and engaging.” -Anthony Downen
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