Neotopia 3: The Kingdoms Beyond
Rod Espinosa. Antarctic, $9.99 (176pp) ISBN 978-1-932453-75-1
The third volume of this anime-inspired fantasy finds commoner Nalyn impersonating the arrogant Grand Duchess Nydia and negotiating for foreign troops to help her defend her homeland, Mathenia. Nalyn travels with her advisers, a stork-like "tridactylian" and a dolphin; a tiny elf named Nimn; and an army made up partly of humans, partly of chipper koala-like creatures. The group forms a happy, if motley, family for the stand-in ruler. Espinosa (
Reviewed on: 05/09/2005
Genre: Fiction