Review: Flash Gold No. 3
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2012
Kali's back, and she's as clever with her tools as ever.In "Peacemaker," Lindsay Buroker continues her steampunk Western mini-series with Kali and her partner/beau, Cedar, investigating a trail of murders. The crimes have a particular significance to Cedar's past and pose a threat to Kali, since the murderer is targeting native women. Before long, Kali and Cedar are in the thick of danger and forced to improvise their way to safety.In this episode, there's less of a focus on Kali and Cedar's relationship, which bothered Kali more than it bothered me. Instead, Buroker fleshes out Cedar's backstory and introduces some new, intriguing characters. It'll be interesting to see Kali interact with someone other than a villain or Cedar in the next installment.This isn't a full-length novel - I read it in less than two hours, with multiple breaks - but it's the longest of all the Flash Gold short stories. They're fun to read, and they'll be great in an anthology once Buroker has finished them all.