Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
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The Return of Santiago
Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Mike Resnick
Class/Genre: Science Fiction
Series: Santiago
Tor, Mar 2003, $25.95, 464 pp.
More than a century has passed since the disappearance of the legendary rebel outlaw Santiago, alleged killer of hundreds of planets and untold number of people. Over the years the fable of Santiago’s feats have grown exponentially among the Inner Frontier to where he has become immortal and will one day return.
Minor criminal Danny Briggs accidentally finds a manuscript of the Black Orpheus that records the deeds of Santiago the Revolutionary. Realizing what he possesses and the information the epic poems provide on Santiago, Danny concludes that the revolutionary outlaw tried to protect the Inner Frontier from the corruption of the human Democracy. Danny assumes an alias of Dante Alighieri and adds new stanzas filled with heroes and villains to the tome while seeking amongst the toughest outlaws, someone to become the new Santiago.
Fans of the wild, Wild West in outer space will relish the sequel to Mike Resnick’s SANTIAGO. The adventurous story line explodes into a faster than the speed of light thriller once Danny concludes that Santiago was not just a thief and begins his quest. The support cast that he meets consists of a wild bunch of eccentrics. Fans of Pecos Bill in Outer Space will appreciate THE RETURN OF SANTIAGO and clamor for re-release of the legendary first novel.
Harriet Klausner
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