But that's not what this is about. It's the steamy world of politics and scandal. An excellent story with excellent art. I cried at the end and I never cry at the end of anything. The characters are awesome and devious. Read it.

It's around US$17.95 in Amazon.com

In Canada, it costs about CDN$20.07 in Amazon.ca

In UK, it sells for £10.31

After reading a good portion of the Lone Wolf and Cub books I was very curious to see what else Kazuo Koike had written. While Lone Wolf and Cub had very intelligent and interesting writing this book is totally childish (ex. The heroin pissing in the hero's eyes to wash away blood) and not worth a second glance. I read through the entire thing looking for some sort of redeming quality. There was none. The entire point of the book seems to be Rape and Showing the heroin naked as often as possible. Unless you are looking for several hundred pages of badly scripted porn I cannot recommend this book to anyone. I really hope this book is not an example of the rest of Kazuo's writing.

You can buy this in Amazon.com

In Canada, it costs about CDN$16.68 in Amazon.ca

In UK, it sells for £8.59

Like the anthology before it, 'Tapestries', this one again offers a buffet of wonderful fantasy stories. One need not even know what Magic The Gathering is to appreciate the collective works within. The stories are all wildy imaginative, and transport the reader into a multi-verse where magic is as real as the ground beneath your feet.

A personal favorite of mine is "Chef's Surprise", which explains the flavor text on the granite gargoyle card.

You can buy this in Amazon.com

In Canada, it costs about CDN$7.99 in Amazon.ca

And it's available in Amazon UK, but I'm not sure about the price.