Peter Nealen

In book 5 of Peter Nealen's The Lost series, Conor McCall, of the clan McCall, must come to grips not only with the abominations of the Outer Darkness, but also with the consequences of mundane human treachery, sifting the guilty from the innocent.

Of course, in the land of ice and monsters, there is nothing mundane about treachery. Eternal consequences flow from mundane actions. In this way, the setting that Nealen has created for his military portal fantasy adventure is very much like our show more own. Of course, there are also sorcerers using human sacrifice and necromancy to call horrors from beyond the veil.

Something very much like the terrifying land of ice and monsters is always awaiting us, and if the world gets sufficiently messed up, it will re-appear. I'm not going to suggest that Peter Nealen's book is a how-to manual for what to do when the old gods awaken, but I will say that fantastical escapism may not actually be that fantastical.

I will suggest that the most practical lesson that we can learn from Conor's adventures is that those who fight for justice are never truly alone, and that help is available, to those who ask.

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