XWP: Apocalypse, Book
One: Nemesis
By
B.M. Morgan
Oooh,
la-la.
I
just _love_ coming upon highly polished gems like this one. Makes me just a-glow with pleasure. Why?
Well,
silly, because it’s just an enormously rewarding read. Tsk. I
can assure you *this* one is not getting a glowing recommendation for it’s sex
scenes.
A
post-FIN with a twist, a new character and a couple of old ones – this one is a
definite high quality production.
Everything, from setting to plot twists, character development, emotions
– both painfully well-written ones and the ones where the author let’s you
imagine the breadth of feeling portrayed – everything is there for your
enjoyment, and pure reading pleasure.
The
story itself is just beautifully crafted, language as piercing as it is
descriptive. It is twelve years after
Xena’s death. Gabrielle is a warrior in
her 36th year, arriving into Rome with her young sidekick Mira, to
help Virgil with an epic poem he is working on.
Sound bleak to you yet?
Well,
now add Ares, demented Roman emperor, captured Eve and the assassin for the
gods, Nemesis – a spectral warrior under Ares’s direction who looks
suspiciously like …
Well,
read the tale. Book One is finished, but
reading it will not slake your thirst for more.
Quite on the contrary, my dears.
Hurry
now.
And
be sure to write to Morgan, k?