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Title:
Jondelle
Series: Dumarest #10
Author:
EC Tubb
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre:
SF
Pages: 209
Words: 56K
Publish:
1973
Sadly,
the synopsis is an almost total lie. Dumarest is no closer to Earth
here than he was in book two. Thankfully I didn’t read the synopsis
before reading so I didn’t have a false set of expectations.
This is just like the previous nine books. Dumarest has adventures and is almost killed and kills other people while searching for Earth/Terra. At least this time there were no Cyclans involved. That was a plus.
Now we come to the covers. The reason I chose this abomination of a cover (oh my goodness folks, how BAD is that monstrosity?) is because the other main cover is of the flowery variety and shows Jondelle’s face but it makes him look like a girl so you think that “Jondelle” is the romantic interest like in previous books. That’s just sick and I don’t care why the publisher’s did what they did. I’ll have no part in a deception like that. So it was either this, showing Earl Dumarest as some sort of disfigured stick guy or that boring yellow cover from the SF Gateway line which is so boring that even paint drying is more exciting. Ahhh, the trials of a book reviewer.
I don’t know how I have survived this long. It might be because I’m so awesome. Maybe it is because I’m smarter than all the publishers and authors in existence. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s because of who I am. Psssst, wanna know my secret identity? I’M BATMAN!!!!!!
Surprise! Betcha didn’t see THAT coming in this review, eh? And with that stunning revelation, I’ll leave you to contemplate life, the universe and everything.
★★★☆☆
From the Publisher
'Earth is real,' Dumarest insisted. 'A world old and scarred by ancient wars. The stars are few and there is a great single moon which hangs like a pale sun in the night sky.'
In the quest for his legendary birthplace, Earl Dumarest has traversed galaxies. Now, at least, he reaches Ourelle, a planet close to Earth - out along a far arm of the Milky Way. There he finds Jondelle, a boy who may hold the key to Earl's search.
But then Jondelle is kidnapped. And Dumarest's pursuit of the imperilled boy leads him to a city of paranoiac killers - madmen whose terrible violence is always on a hair-trigger!
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