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Book Review By Neil Morey
Count Brass - Eternal Champion 15 by Michael Moorcock

Dorian Hawkmoon is sad, although his side won the war against the dark empire his beloved father-in-law and best friend Count Brass was killed. That is until some locals see his ghost haunting the marsh and so Hawkmoon sets off to find the ghost. The ghost is solid enough and a lot younger than hawkmoon had known him and was sworn to kill Hawkmoon. Dorian discovers that Count Brass has been brought back from the past and from another dimension and brainwashed by his enemy Baron Kalan. The pair set off on a quest along with other friends who had also been brought back from the past to kill Hawkmoon to find the Baron and put an end to the torment of his friends being held in limbo, when the Baron is killed in his time machine a giant time storm sweeps the group up and Hawkmoon finds himself at the battle where Count Brass was killed with an opportunity to save his friend this time around, but when he returns to his own time he finds hat his decision to save Count Brass has had serious consequences.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Time Travel: - into past and future equally
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - - magical battles
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes
Descript. of chases or violence - 30 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 %

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Terrain
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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