I continue my detailed review of Bohun - The Complete Savage Adventures by Steve Dilks:
The third tale, By Darkness Enthroned, was first published in Schlock! Webzine issues 24 and 25 earlier this year.
After already ratcheting up the eeriness in these Bohun stories Steve Dilks goes for the dark sorceries of two contesting sides in this tale with an absolute vengeance.
Still recovering after the events in The Horror from the Stars, our Damzullahan warrior enlists in a mercenary army, perhaps longing for what he sees as the cleaner, more straightforward life of soldiering. Little does he realise occult forces have already been stirred into action by those opposing the army he has joined and that he too will soon be drawn into the machinations of another insidiously supernatural force. This longer tale is viewed from the perspectives of both sides, in which even some of those we would instinctively see as the villains have their doubts and pricks of conscience. In this it reminds me of the kind of tale Karl Edward Wagner was a master at creating in his Kane stories – and By Darkness Enthroned is no less redolent of his colourful and vivid language.
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