A dragon appears to terrorize a city and a prophesied chosen one arrives to slay it, magical sword in tow. A young man with a magic lamp comes out of nowhere to claim a throne. The characters may be secondary to the historical re-creation-Angela Eckert is especially ill-used in this volume-but those looking for fantasy in the mode of L. The demo of The Dragon and the Djinn will be Livestreamed by Noordin Ali Kadir (WerewolfFeels) as part of Steams NextFest.
Also appealing are Jim's pet hobgoblin, Hob, and the djinn named Kelb, who generally appears in the form of a small, mangy dog both provide comic diversion. While the adventures here are cut from standard fantasy cloth-kidnappings, caravans and sorcery abound-the detailing is marvelous.
The father was last known to be in the Muslim land of Palmyra, and Dickson's fascination with the cultures of that area proves infectious. Here, Jim agrees to help his friend Sir Brian Neville-Smythe find the father of Brian's beloved Geronde, so that Brian and Geronde may wed. The Eckerts are 20th-century humans trapped in the 14th century, where Jim has discovered that he possesses magical powers. Updated it for Map Based gameplay which offers a bit more features like gathering nodes, sub-areas on map, dungeons etc.
In this new story about James and Angela Eckert (following The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll), the author's meticulous historical research salvages what in the hands of a lesser talent could have been a pedestrian work. Dickson's style of fantasy hearkens back to the era before both the glossy epic approach of Robert Jordan or Terry Brooks and the pseudo-postmodern slickness of Ellen Kushner or Pamela Dean, but it has its own special charms.
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