REIGN OF MAGIC. KINGDOM CLEANSING AND BARBARA (en Inglés)
Reseña del libro "REIGN OF MAGIC. KINGDOM CLEANSING AND BARBARA (en Inglés)"
The story is about King Mustapha's struggle to rid his kingdom of Uluru from pervasive black magic and sorcery, a challenge exacerbated by his own queen's deep involvement in these dark arts.
King Mustapha is deeply concerned by the increase in black magic, sorceresses, and wizards in Uluru, as well as the disappearance of virgins. He plans a "cleansing" of the kingdom. Queen Menem, sold her soul to Zakat, the king of ghosts, through an oath of reversion that promises to transform her into a goddess. She schemes to kill the king and elevate herself, aided by her maid Enema and a companion bird goddess named Amigos.
Barbara is a fated hero, destined to become king and marry Princess Kuaka. He has previously defeated Mogul and Zakat. He leads the fight against the sorcerers, ultimately destroying their cults and shrines. Princess Kuaka, King Mustapha's daughter, initially entangled in the queen's magical practices, later develops an interest in a "Book" and "trinket" describing a benevolent god, turning her against her mother's dark ways.
Haifa, Barbara's twin sister, joins him in his efforts to cleanse the kingdom. The narrative reveals the kingdom's history, founded by a powerful sorceress, Queen Uluru, whose legacy fostered widespread magical practices.
The king issues a royal ordinance to ban all forms of ghost spirit worship, libations, and magic displays, leading to a direct confrontation with the queen and her followers. The queen's plot to poison the king using Enema and a venom called "Taka, the venoms of Samsara," provided by Amigos, is thwarted by the horse (who can speak).
Barbara, Haifa, and the princess engage in a brutal cleansing, dismantling the sorcerers' strongholds and facing powerful adversaries like Oslo and Loyola. During a battle, Barbara appears to die from a snake's venom. However, it is revealed that his mother, Kuaka, had prepared him with an anti-snakebite venom, which the king extracts using the mystical "trinket," reviving Barbara.
The king, possessing secret knowledge from the "Book" and "trinket" about a benevolent sky god, decides to steer Uluru towards a new faith, abandoning the old, divisive gods. He publicly announces Barbara as his successor and joins Barbara and Princess Kuaka in marriage, fulfilling their destiny and bringing a new era to Uluru. The queen is held under "conferment," with her ultimate fate left pending
