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Title: Nergal very good
Review: Nergal of Nod is the slave of Chu Kutall. He is a brilliantly constructed ravenous half-orc hero. He is always hungry and will eat almost anything, including giant arachnid legs, because, as he says, `food helps Nergal think'. McCloskey shows us inside this creature's mind, as he joins a band of human adventurers to eliminate a compelling series of obstacles. Nergal possesses brute force and a simpleton's brain, which made me chuckle often. He is also very acquisitive, and whenever he finds something and can pocket it for himself he does. We see things from his naive perspective, and so his journey and the ending have a specific developmental focus. And Kantru, the main villain of the piece shares features with Frankenstein. But you will have to read on to see what I mean!
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