The Black Flame 3
- THE BLACK FLAME 3 - A black ink and gray pencil drawing on an 11 x 14 size vellum paper. It appears in "The Black Flame," by Lynn Abbey, published by Ace Pb in 1985
This novel contains a major flaw that I would have pointed out to the editor, but having done so with another story and another editor, I learned my lesson and kept my opinion to myself.
But I decided to reveal that flaw in the story, here, where it can do no harm to the author, or me, at this late date. The flaw is in the omnipotent mental power the author gives to the heroic young lady in the story; whatever the danger, whatever the threat, she can "think" her way out of it . . .
She gets trapped in a dead-end mountain pass by several mad barbarians who are about to hack her to pieces, and she just thinks of herself standing on the other side of the mountain, and whoops!, there she is, standing on the other side of the mountain, out of the trap! . . .
A small village she is in is about to be attacked by a barbarian horde coming through the pass eager to wreck havoc on the villagers. Our heroic young lady warrior sees the eminent disaster coming and just "thinks" of the mountains on both sides of the pass breaking up into boulders and crashing down on the barbarian army, and that's what happens, the village is saved!
It seems to me that in any legitimate story, dangerous situations must appear to be real, and the "possibility" for evil forces to prevail must exist. In this story the young lady's mental power negates any threats that may come her way. So, if she can just "think" away any danger that threatens, then where is the danger?. Where is the drama?
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