Sword of the Bright Lady
M.C. Planck
Pyr, Sep 9 2014, $18.00
ISBN 9781616149888
At first mechanical engineer Christopher Sinclair thought he was
in some sort of weird dream with no electrical device anywhere and a dirty
teenaged stranger named Helga sharing his bed instead of his wife. He changes his mind about sleeping and
assumes he was in a plane crash in a remote medieval part of Europe. However, he soon realizes this is not Arizona,
America or Switzerland; as somehow he “walked” into another realm.
Feeling lost and missing his spouse, Christopher begins to learn
the rules of “physics” in his new world are based on tael death magic with the
power hierarchy dependent on how much a person controls. To initially survive in this war-ravaged
dominion, Christopher pledges allegiance to the Goddess
of Healing, the Bright Lady. When
Marcius the God of War offers the engineer a better deal he accepts performing
the deity’s quests in return to going home.
Sinclair introduces a new type of magic based on guns and butter as he
teaches commoners to forge steel to make weapons and household items.
Book One of The World Of Prime is a fantastic opening act in fantasy
as a twenty-first century American engineer with contemporary inclusiveness
ethics and a belief in physics falls through a rabbit hole into a medieval
feudal land whose system is magic based and deity connected. Much more Clark Kent than Superman, bewildered
Christopher keeps the intense storyline focused by muddling through his new
life as a fish out of water while dealing with enemies who relish the status
quo and Doubting Thomas supporters. He
wants to go home, but the Gods refuse to give him ruby red slippers.
Harriet Klausner
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