cover image Kindling

Kindling

Mick Farren. Tor Books, $27.95 (416pp) ISBN 978-0-7653-0656-2

Derring-do, varied beddings and lurid executions abound in Mick Farren's campy alternative military history, Kindling, in which the vast evil Mosul Empire attacks the pathetically outnumbered Kingdom of Albany (New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut). The wrenching, sudden splits in perspective will appeal to all-age adolescent appetites whetted by R-rated computer effects. Agent, Susan Cohen at Riverside Literary Agency. .