The Days of Glory - Brian M. Stableford

‘The Days of Glory’ is essentially a pulp sci-fi retelling of the Iliad published as the first volume of a trilogy with the collective title ‘Dies Irae’ (the two further volumes include a retelling of the Odyssey). David Starbird of Home, a human, falls in love with Angeline of Sula, a Beast (this will be explained later) and takes her back with him to Earth. This provokes a swift response from the Beast Lord Daniel Skywolf of Sula (to whom Angeline was supposed to be married), who challenges the House of Stars (humanity, based around Earth) to a duel between his fleet and an equivalent fleet formed by his Beast allies. Although initially ...  Read the complete review