The Leaning Tower of Damocles

The Lovely Angels Meet Conan (GB6)

January 23, 2007 on 3:12 pm | In Novels |

…not Future Boy or the little squirt in the blue jacket, but Robert E. Howard’s creation (whom Takachiho acknowledges in the dedication). Daatipea no Daiseifuku [The Dirty Pair’s Great Conquest], the sixth novel in the DP series (Dokusaisha no Isan, from 1997, is now counted as a ’side story’), was published on 27 April 2006.

The Angels are sent to investigate underworld activity which is taking place on a “theme park” world based on elements from the realm of “heroic fantasy”. In order to operate clandestinely, they must take on roles in keeping with the theme… The illustrations, as always by Yasuhiko Yoshikazu, include a wonderful color frontispiece of Kei battling a flying dragon.