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You may recall the Green Lama from my first book review for Yorkton This Week a few months back.

The聽Green Lama聽was an聽American聽pulp magazine聽hero of the 1940s, and is now being put through new adventures by author Adam Garcia who penned that first review book 鈥楾he Green Lama: Scions鈥�.

Scions was a solid pulp offering, so when Garcia penned 鈥楪reen Lama: Horror In Clay鈥�, it was a natural to pick up.

This is a solid read which has action, as well as Lama and his patriots having to sleuth out some answers.

However, I will say the title, while catchy, is far too obvious to what the 鈥榟orror鈥� in the story is.

As a reader of the genre, when everyone in a German consulate is horrifically murdered, the title simply foreshadows what did the killing too much.

I understand it would have been difficult to keep the secret too far into the tale, but there was no attempt at all.

It is a case where a good read was lessened by the chosen title.

Garcia said the story is one which has rolled around in his head for some time.

鈥淚 started working on what would become 鈥楬orror In Clay鈥� while I was still in college, long before I ever became associated with the Green Lama,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he central mystery of the golem was essentially there, but instead took place in modern day with the golem killing Nazi war criminals. But when I had the chance to write the Green Lama, I moved the story to the 鈥�30s, which transformed the story to one of revenge to one of desperation at stopping the inevitable, one that blurred the line between right and wrong.鈥�

A core element is indeed the question of what is justified to prevent something horrible you believe is just around the corner, in this case the horrors Hitler鈥檚 Nazis would visit upon Jewish people in the Second World War?

It is a question far from black and white, and one where whichever answer you chose you are going to be left unsure you chose correctly.

Garcia said given the era of the Lama, war is something often in the shadows.

鈥淭he approach of World War is actually something that runs throughout the whole of my Green Lama tales,鈥� he said. 鈥淪ome stories will feature it more than others, but you can consider the threat of war as the underlying theme of these adventures.鈥�

While a bit unsatisfied by the title, I am still a GL fan, and one of Garcia鈥檚 as well.

But I was curious where this book sits in the timeline of the Green Lama?

鈥溾�楬orror In Clay鈥� takes place a few months before 鈥淕reen Lama: Scions鈥�, which was recently published by Moonstone (reviewed previously), and 鈥楪reen Lama: Case of the Final Column鈥�, which I wrote as part of Altus Press鈥檚 reprints of the original Green Lama tales,鈥� he said.

鈥淚t gets a bit more complicated when you start taking the original stories into account, which is why I put a timeline at the back of the book.

鈥淚鈥檇 show you my detailed Green Lama spreadsheet that keeps track of everything, but鈥� you don鈥檛 need that level of nerd.鈥�

And as the author, Garcia added, 鈥減ersonally, Clay has a very special place in my heart as it was the first Lama story I ever wrote and the start of my writing career.鈥�

And there will be more Green Lama.

鈥淧ro Se Productions is currently putting out a series of my short stories as part of the 鈥楽ingle Shot鈥� line,鈥� said Garcia. 鈥淓ach story is meant to stand on its own, and will cover a number of genres and styles.

鈥淚n terms of the Lama, up next is 鈥楪reen Lama: Unbound (hoping to review), coming February from Moonstone. It鈥檚 a full-length novel that resolves many of the plot points laid out in 鈥楬orror In Clay鈥� and 鈥楽cions鈥�, and features Nazis and Cthulhu. You can鈥檛 go wrong.

鈥淚 also have a short story featuring the Lama in Moonstone鈥檚 Day of the Destroyers anthology.鈥�

And there is still more.

鈥淎fter that, Moonstone will be releasing 鈥楪reen Lama: Crimson Circle鈥�,鈥� said Garcia. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to give too much away, but after this story, nothing will be the same.

鈥淗opefully there will be a lot more Green Lama stories after that, because you can be damn sure I鈥檓 not done telling them.鈥�

I look forward to them all, as a fan for the Green Lama.

As we await the new material,聽you can find 鈥楬orror In Clay鈥� at聽=