Our everyman-hero, Al MacBharrais, is under a couple of nasty spells himself. The spells include the Sigils of Unchained Destruction, Restorative Care, Agile Grace, Muscular Brawn, and QuickĬompliance and are used to protect the world against malevolent gods and monsters. In this series, set in the world of the Iron Druid, scribes create magical spells using not only words, but painstakingly prepared pens, inks, and paper. As a former student of calligraphy, I love the idea that the written word is magical.
RANDOM HOUSE SIGIL GENERATOR SERIES
I’m a huge fan of Kevin Hearne to begin with, and his “Ink and Sigil” series is a delight. We need some stories that teach us that we can keep moving on anyway, and that’s what Al’s stories does. It’s just that Al has much more of a ‘tired human man’ vibe than Atticus’ action-adventure hero, and I honestly think that’s what the world needs more of right now. I guess that’s one of the benefits of not being immortal - you don’t have time to fuck around, you have to find out right now.ĭon’t get me wrong. Al was cursed, and it sucks, and he’s dealing with it the best that he can. For one thing, Al isn’t filled with the guilt and ego that Atticus had going on in that series, which honestly makes this story much less tedious. Don’t expect this series to be a copy of Iron Druid. Especially since the book has been out 6+ months now. *Please note that if you don’t want to be spoiled for this redacted character, don’t read the back cover copy! I guess it’s probably not a spoiler if it’s in the advertising material, but I think they should have kept that as a surprise, so I’m not revealing it here even though the attempt might be futile. Except that review is no where in my archives, so I guess I’ll be writing it out again! I could swear that I reviewed this book last year, because I remember writing about how good it was to see again after the Iron Druid series.
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