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Fish Wielder is kind of like Lord of the Rings, set in Narnia, if it was written by the guys who made Monty Python and the Holy Grail while they were listening to the music of They Might Be Giants. In ancient times, the Dark Lord Mauron cooked the most powerful magic chocolate dessert ever made, the Pudding of Power. One thousand and two years later, the evil leader of the Bad Religion, the Heartless One, is trying to recover the lost pudding in order to enslave the peoples of Grome. Only the depressed barbarian warrior Thoral Might Fist and his best friend, Brad the talking Koi fish, have a chance to save the world of Grome from destruction, but that's going to take a ridiculous amount of magic and mayhem. Thus begins the epically silly epic fantasy of epic proportions, Fish Wielder--book one of the Fish Wielder Trilogy. No library descriptions found. |
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Like many parodies, it pushed the bounds of tolerable, but at least for me it never quite crossed that line. Just about when the joke was getting old, he’d switch it up again. There were a few good surprises, like some elves spontaneously combust upon death, just because they are so awesome. Things like that kept me smiling though the book. Not to mention a fastidious barbarian, and a fish that can’t swim.
Thoral Mighty Fist Wielder is a barbarian like none other. For one thing, he always wins a fight, even if he doesn’t know he’s in one. It’s like the fates are looking out for him, though fate has a little help in the form of Brad, a talking fish and Thoral’s best friend.
Someone in the Bad Religion has decided Thoral is a threat and must go. So many attempts on his life are made. Thoral however is a little slow on the uptake since it doesn’t seem too much more dangerous than normal. To relieve his boredom, the duo go adventuring. They save damsels, find treasures, kill bad guys and generally do amazing things. Then the 3rd act comes along and twist upon twist of a twisted scheme is unveiled, and then the cliffhanger comes along asking you to wait for the next book.
While I think I’d have a hard time reading such a trilogy back to back, I do think when the 2nd book comes out I’ll have to give a try to see the further adventures of Brad and Thoral. It was funny and entertaining. Most fantasy fans should give it a try. ( )