What do mythological creatures, king Aurthur,vikings, Suleiman, and a drunk Irish landsneckt have in common, well for one thing they all are featured in a hidden gem of a book called the Drawing of the Dark, which despite it's stereotypical sounding name for fantasy, is the one of the most unique and certainly one of the best books I have ever read.
The story goes something like this;It is the year 1500-something and Brian Duffy an Irish Landsneckt (a mercenary, for those dolts who can't even tell you what the holy roman empire was) gets steaming drunk in the streets of Venice and up fighting, and kicking the asses of of three nobles who's father he called 'the bastard pimp of Suleiman. a passing.........( well at first you don't know what the hell he is, but it is important to the story so spoiler alert) sorcerer, called Aureleanis, who wants Duffy to be the bouncer for a tavern recently converted from a monastery famous for brewing Herzwesten (western heart) beer in Vienna, Duffy accepts this at an unusually high pay rate. so he travels north to Vienna along the way encountering bandits, demons, Dwarves, and a hunchbacked swiss artillery officer. upon arriving things get even weirder, he defends the brewery and the so called king of the west against the turks who mean to destroy it and therefore wipe out the western world, and he does it mostly drunk.
This book is truly great; It combines great story telling, witty (and not so much) humor, memorable characters, and it combines the best elements of all western mythology to create a completely interesting explanation for the western world (I'll give you a hint it has something to do with Fin Mac Cool and beer). If you have never seen this book find it and read it, for the drawing of the dark is a one of a kind read.
Indoctrination By:
- Mason Nielsen
- Madison, OH, United States
- Mason is an Aries that enjoys long walks on the.... yeah screw that; as you can guess I'm not into the formalities of describing myself. But as a short point toward the note of profiling: my political views defy classification: think objectivism's personal views, mixed with the undiluted theory of laissez-faire type libertarianism, the moral indifference of the libertine, and a more than healthy dose of militarism. Though I lack what would be known as a true passion in anything: I do have a habit of collecting hobbies, the most noteworthy of which are gaming of all kinds, reading, melee combat, and ripping the next guy's views down.