A Really Great Review of "Fenrik 1984 - A Barbarians of the Storm Side Quest"
"Dan the Destructor: Miami Vice Edition" - by The Lord Otter
Fellow Downstreamers, it’s been a while since I’ve checked out Barbarians of the Storm. Especially considering my last review in the series, Swords Against Bastards left off on a rather chaotic note. And it’s about time that I returned and found out what happened next in this franchise. Since then, if you’ve been following these books like I have, you would know that relationships have changed dramatically from where the series first started.
Above it all, however, I was continually asking myself how some of these characters would move forward. How would Rob Rimes continue this tale, while also keeping the narrative and new faces fresh in our imaginations?
Enter Fenrik 1984, a side quest of sorts in the greater BotS saga, one that deals with Fenrik as he’s transported to 1980’s Miami, FL. What follows is very much a fish-out-of-water story, as Fenrik is forced to find his place within our own world. Basically, this is the inverse of what we saw with Dan in book #1. And like Dan the Destructor, Rimes leans pretty heavily into the setting… for great effect!
This is still a time where shopping malls are all the blaze, Judas Priest is played frequently in record stores, televised wrestling is celebrated, and more than a few comparisons are made between Fenrik himself and the legendary Conan the Barbarian.
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