The Huntsman
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Cover Story
On our cover this issue we feature an illustration by Charles Keeping from Beowulf (OUP, 0 19 279770 0, £4.50), a new picture book version for 9-13s of the Anglo-Saxon hero tale. The story is retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland. We are most grateful to Oxford University Press for their help in using this illustration.
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Douglas Hill, by contrast, knows very well what the reader wants. For the opener of his new series, another super-hero on a quest fights massive odds with help from trusty. oddball sidekick. Finn Ferral, woodsman extraordinary, has his adventures on an Earth that's reverted to primitive village society and been invaded by the cruel alien Slavers. The diminution, compared with the galaxy-wide Keill Randor stories, detracts a little but the jacket is effective and, once you're into it, the pace is fast, the fights plentiful. Sold on the back of Galactic Warlord et al., it should do quite well.