Heroes Wanted: A Fantasy Anthology by Ben GalleyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The introduction of this anthology is about a short story about how the hero isn't who you expect it to be. In that story, a guy goes from nothing to being the ruler of the world by using his brains to overcome all of the evil people in the world. Evil is gone...good thing, right?
So no one will challenge this ruler of the world because, in his quest to overcome evil, he developed a machine that will end the world with the push of a button. As ruler of the world, this guy is pretty oppressive.
The real hero? Some other person that has a set of wire cutters and access to the button.
Now that is the bones of a pretty good story and a pretty good premise around which to build an anthology.
Sadly, the anthology doesn't deliver. Most of the "heroes" are just looking out for their own interests when the opportunity to act comes along.
The stories were well written, but a bit pedestrian. I was a little over halfway through when I set it aside for something else. I don't plan on going back.
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