Damballa by Charles R. Saunders


Damballa
Title : Damballa
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ISBN : 1613420129
ISBN-10 : 9781613420126
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 212
Publication : First published June 17, 2011

The first ever African American 1930s avenger sets out to stop a Nazi plot to subvert a championship fight. From deepest Africa to the streets of 1930s Harlem, the action is none stop. Written by famed novelist Charles Saunders, with interior illos by Clayton Hinkle and a cover by Charles Fetherolf, this is a history making pulp adventure fans do not want to miss.

Damballa Reviews

  • Andrew

    This was one of those books that I just couldn't put down. Overall a great story and recommended reading.

  • Joe Bonadonna

    A superb blend of old-fashioned story telling, film noir, and boxing. Set in 1938 Harlem, featuring Nazis, gangsters, and the first black crime-fighting superhero in pulp fiction history, Charles Saunders has written an exciting, action-packed, and thoughtful novel with a serious subtext dealing with racism and bigotry.

  • Tim Childree

    Fantastic story. I loved the callback to classic pulps, and the boxing framework of the story (along with the excitement of any scene with the titular hero) was thrilling all the way through. Highly recommended!

  • Valjeanne Jeffers

    This is pulp fiction extraordinaire!! Outstanding!

  • K2

    I thought Imaro was good but this was even better.....Highly recommend

  • Jefferson

    An absolutely fantastic piece of writing. It is a tragedy thar Charles Saunders wasn't more well known in his lifetime.

  • Fraser Sherman

    Saunders, whose specialty has always been sword-and-sorcery, switches to pulp fiction with smashing success. Setting is 1938 Harlem; the whole town is excited for the upcoming fight between the black heavyweight champion of the world and the Aryan Superman the Germans have sent to challenge him (Saunders says in the afterword this is his fictional take on the 1938 Schmeling/Joe Louis fight). What nobody knows is that the Germans don't intend to lose and have been dosing the fighter with the 1930s equivalent of steroids.
    Enter Damballa, a shadowy vigilante patrolling the streets of Harlem. He knows the Germans are out to rig the fight, but he's determined to stop them. Can he do it? Why does he do it?
    It's a crying shame Saunders passing these year means he won't be doing any sequels. But I'm glad we got this one.

  • Reggie B

    My only complaint is that the story was too small and too short. Damballa deserves a big sweeping story to fit the enormous shadow cast by the character.