THE BLUE NYMPH SETS SAIL Pull up anchor, cast off the mooring lines and drop the sail, the good ship Blue Nymph is about to set sail for adventure once again with her famous seafaring captain at the helm. Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to present the second volume of brand new stories starring the greatest seaman of them all, Sinbad the Sailor and his international crew of daring adventurers. Here is Henri Delacrois, the deadly archer from Gaul, Ralf Gunarson, the strapping young Viking giant, Tishimi Osara the beautiful female samurai and Omar, the irascible first mate. All of them bound together by their love of action and yearning to explore uncharted lands. Over the horizon awaits treasure, beautiful exotic maidens and monsters beyond imagining. Dare you sign aboard with Sinbad El Ari? If so, then batten the hatches and have your curved blade ready, heart pounding adventure awaits within these pages.
Edward M. Erdelac is the author of thirteen novels including the acclaimed Judeocentric/Lovecraftian weird western series Merkabah Rider, Rainbringer: Zora Neale Hurston Against The Lovecraftian Mythos, Conquer, Monstrumfuhrer from Comet Press, Terovolas from JournalStone Publishing, and Andersonville from Random House/Hydra.
Born in Indiana, educated in Chicago, he lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and a bona fide slew of kids and cats.
This book was well written and composed. The stories were well varied and featured exciting adventures of Sinbad. It was a shame that the stories were a bit short in length, overall Still, a worthy volume in anyone's Sinbad collection!
Sinbad is undoubtedly one of those characters whose very name fires up our imagination, and takes us to thrilling voyages full of wonder, danger, and action. Airship 27 has, in their second volume of the new adventures of Sinbad, presented us with three novellas which try to entertain us while maintaining the standard set by the first volume, but…
The first novella is ‘Sinbad & The Sword of Solomon’ by Edward M. Erdelac. This one was undoubtedly the best read, which can be savoured repeatedly. Five Stars.
The second novella, i.e. ‘A Detour For Sinbad’ by Erwin K. Roberts, makes a cardinal error in characterization, and in the process loses pace. It was a decent effort, but nothing more. Three Stars.
The third novella, ‘Sinbad & The Golden Mask’ by Shellby Vick, was an adventure indeed, but NOT of Sinbad. Everything in this story was wrong, with Sinbad and his crews dealing with (and obviously believing) multiple Gods (that too of Greek mythology!) and enjoying bacon in the ship (by the beard of Allah!), Omar acting like a benevolent warden rather than the First Mate, Ralf functioning as a catapult-thrower, Henry creating his division of archers, Harpies,… With so many errors & deviations, the story lost its meaning, whatsoever. One Star.
Hence, on an average, despite the presence of a superlative novella at the beginning of the book, on an average it earns only three stars.