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From Publishers Weekly
In Australian author McMullen's zany, if somewhat choppy, reworking of The War of the Worlds, his third Moonworlds novel (after 2004's Glass Dragons), sorcerers from the nearby planet Lupanar invade the world of Scalticar, traveling in cylinders that include such familiar Wellsian trappings as tripod fighting machines equipped with heat rays. The poorly led defenders have few weapons more advanced than bows and arrows. Fortunately, Insp. Danolarian Scyverin of the Wayfarer Constables can turn for help to such friends and allies as the 87-pound Constable Riellen, gifted at both mayhem and rabble-rousing; Constable Waller, in the form of a talking cat; and a beautiful and shrewd woman, Lavenczi, for whom the inspector has conceived a passion. While Lavenczi is under a magical glamour that keeps her from being touched, she still has the wits to capture two of the Lupanians' fighting machines and turn them against their creators. Fans of Wells's masterpiece will revel in this fantasy; others may find the frequent scene shifts and large cast of characters more confusing than not. (Feb.)
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From Booklist
The third installment of the Moonworlds series, each book of which can be well enjoyed separately, changes pace with a first-person narrative by Wayfarer Inspector Danolarian, leader of a ragged team of royal detectives on the magically enchanted world, Verral. Danolarian has just led his band to the highest and remotest royal palace to deliver a message to reclusive Empress Wensomer when an enormous egg-shaped object unaccountably falls from the sky. Unlike the Verral-built destructive weapons highlighted in The Voyage of the Shadowmoon (2002) and Glass Dragons (2004), the orb was made on the neighboring moonworld, Lupan, and represents the first wave of a full-scale Lupanian invasion. While the Lupanians' power to sweep aside Verral's sorcery is horrifying, Danolarian finds an unlikely ally in the empress, whose political cunning exceeds even her powerful magic. McMullen's narrative powers continue to grow with each new volume in the series, as he doles out equal measures of wit, intrigue, and colorful characterization. At this rate, McMullen's further books should attain the status of must-reads. Carl Hays
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