"Goblins will getcha if you don't watch out!!"
Do you know what the French word is for Goblin? Do you know
what Goblin fruit is and why it's so addictive? Do you ever
wonder what deodorants Goblins use? Do you have any idea
why you do not want Jack Frost nipping at your nose? Or why
Goblins will not drive American made cars? Well, these and other intriguing Goblin questions have
answers and can be found at http://www.lutinempire.com or
in the books by talented writer Melanie Jackson. With the
style and panache of a tightrope walker, she leads us a
merry chase in her first of the Wildside Romances, dealing
with the Goblins of the Lutine Empire. This one is called
TRAVELER and it is a highly imaginative work that draws the
reader into the seamy underworld of Goblins, The Fey and
rock singers with more than one set of mammary glands. She
will keep you turning the pages, wondering down what dark
corridor Ms. Jackson will lead you next. Jackson, always a
strong writer of historical romance fiction and paranormal
romance with near poetic prose, demonstrated in her recent
books BELLE and THE SELKIE that she has a deft hand with
the lighter comedic touches to romance delivered with a
twinkle in the eye and a dimple in a cheek. She brings this magical talent to bear in painting the
spooky tale of Jonathan (Jack) Frost and Io Cypher. Looks
like we have trouble right here in Goblin City...a.k.a.
Detroit. This quasi-futuristic Detroit, under the Lutine
Empire, evokes memories of the hard-edged Detroit of the
movie Rob Cop or John Carpenter's Escape from New York. A
town where lawlessness is the law, life is cheap and the
average nice person is just another toy or meal for the
uglies that roam freely in this nightmarish, grim
wasteland. Survival of the fittest is the only game in
Goblin City and it's merely complicated by all sorts of
magic. The rest of the United States has sort of taken a hands-
off policy toward the city of Detroit - now called Goblin
City. It has been turned over to the Goblins of the Lutine
Empire. The Goblins are escapees of France. They peddle
Goblin Fruit, which is addictive on par with crack or
ecstasy, but they are also secretly waging a quiet warfare
with biochems in their perfume. Io Cypher feels this is
very dangerous to mankind and will do what she must to stop
it. Having lost her mother to Goblin Fruit addiction, she
has a personal bone to pick with the creepy critters. Io is
a member of H.U.G.S (Humans Under Ground) and has been sent
in to find Horroban, the head of the Lutine Empire, before
the Goblins find a magic crystal that could strengthen and
extend the Goblin's rule outside of Goblin City. Jack Frost
a "death fey" is on the trail of the crystal, too, and
links up with Io. Both quickly come to the conclusion that
Io was sent in more to distract Jack from finding the
crystal before another of the H.U.G.S agent reaches it.
However, this dynamic duo soon has a meeting of the minds
and decides the perfume the goblins is making to be a
bigger danger to humankind. So they team up to stem the
rising Goblin threat, while fighting sparks that fly
between them. It is a wonderful, refreshing bit of fun!! The second in
the series THE OUTSIDER is set for release in early 2004.
So, if you are looking for a little something different,
pour yourself a wee cup of Goblin tea and enjoy the roller
coaster ride through Goblintown. Posted August 31, 2003
Reviewed by Deborah Macgillivray
Posted January 3, 2007
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Welcome to Motor City Detroit has been taken over by goblins and become a
city-state run by an evil warlord who has ambitions of
world
domination. Police have failed to apprehend him. Left to
thwart him and save the human world are two faerie agents
provocateur; the powerful death fey, Jack Frost, and the
elusive siren fey, Io Cyphre.
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