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Friday, September 15, 2006

Mythology Review

Jason and Medea: A Whirlwind of Ruin
by Matthew Hunter
ISBN-10: 0595671039
Review by Heather Froeschl

How far would you go to reach that golden ring? Would you push another child off the carousel? As Jason strives for the Golden Fleece, he does more than mythology has led us to believe. In Matthew L. Hunter's version of the tale, "Jason and Medea: A Whirlwind of Ruin," we finally see the whole story...or at least Hunter's imaginative adaptation.

Dear old King Pelias sends his nephew Jason off on a quest to return the Golden Fleece to his kingdom with a promise that if he does so, the throne will be his. In the next breath he has Jason's father Aeson killed. And thus begins the violent acts of lust for power in this tale. Jason and his Argonauts are not the things of film and cartoon that recent history has depicted. The crew is brutal and vicious at every obstacle, Jason heartless in his quest. Mythology continues to accompany this version of the Fleece seeker, while the author's imagination fills in many gaps to the classic tale.

In a unique form of style, not quite novel and not quite play, Hunter offers a "mind-play" for the reader to envision the acts as they occur. This style is fluid and refreshing to this reader, while others may find it hard to follow. His writing is crisp and precise, evoking the images to appear in the mind's eye, the emotion to choke the throat. A very well done piece of work!

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