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The Vaultlands are timeless, and so whatever, or whoever, is stored in a vault is free from the effects of aging. The absurd humour continues as the trio find that inside the old-old vault is a landscape filled with even older vaults. The writer has borrowed from Leonardo da Vinci: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” And then, Drowsy notices that it looks like a moustache. “The puzzle’s too simple, which makes it tricky.” The puzzle as it appears on the vault is a straight line. “The oldest and biggest vault in the vaultlands! Good luck getting it cracked,” says their companion. Farlaine, Drowsy and their companion stand in front of an enormous vault door. “A rich blonde kid owns one, a miserly old duck another…” We do not see the classic, well-heeled American characters Richie Rich and Scrooge McDuck, but we can laugh at their presence. “The older the fancier!” replies their guide. “Those vaults look so fancy!” exclaims Drowsy. The anonymous writer has some fun with the setting. Just made it smell funny.” The humour is aimed at children, but is also knowingly wry. “I tried every liquid I could think of! Water, milk, juice, eggnog, earwax… even pee and toe-sweat! Nothing worked. The hatted companion complains that she had no luck cracking a particular vault. She is the guide to both the characters and the reader. She rides a strange beast named “Pouches”. Farlaine and Drowsy meet a hatted, hairy, fun but nameless companion who, embarrassingly, has been locked out her own vault. Vaults can be opened by keys, magic words, the bump of a tink, and even liquids.

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There are vaults full of giraffes, walking vaults, vaults full of meek dragons, vaults full of key-making tools, and, ominously, a vault full of broken tinks. “Vaultlands vaults have everything!” Jabs Jibber exclaims, leading them through the puzzle door entrance with the magic words, “a farglestumper”. The tree is looking very much worse for wear after their last adventure in Twistland, and so Farlaine decides it is time to plant it.Įngaging in some misrepresentation and omission, a moustached frog/cat realtor named Jabs Jibber sends them into the Vaultlands to find a forest. It is clear from a previous adventure that Farlaine and his companion, a “tink” (robot) named Drowsy, are conveying, by way of a patched sack, a small tree called Ehrenwort. Despite having had adventures addressed in four other volumes, the comic is immediately accessible and requires no understanding at all of any backstory. Or perhaps some well-known and honed creator/publisher such as veteran Dave Sims is having a quiet laugh.Ī cute goblin named Fairlaine arrives in a place called Vaultland. Our best guess is that there is some large company sitting behind this publication and choosing Kickstarter for reasons unknown (global brewers do this – sell lines of “craft beers” under rough-hewed sub-brands in order to tap into the snootier end of the beer market). The reason for that is because this comic is fun, clever, whimsical, and entirely beyond the skills and resources of the average creative writer/artist. We do not know who the writer of this comic is. Because I desperately want to read more.Farlaine the Goblin: Book 5: The Vaultlands I vigorously recommend it, and I really hope that there’s a sequel in the works. It’s certainly my favourite of the last great while, and though it’s early days yet, I suspect it may be the best single novel I read this year. the best fantasy I’ve read in quite some time. A book you pick up and read when you’re tired and sad, and all unexpected it’s like being wrapped up in a comforting warm fuzzy blanket of glorious worldbuilding and shiny prose and decent people doing the best they know how. Addison’s worldbuilding is delightfully detailed and thorough. The sheer compelling attractiveness of Maia’s character figures larger. a deeply engrossing read-every time I open a page, I find I simply get drawn into the story, but this is only partly because of Addison’s excellent ability to turn a phrase. The tone is overall much more hopeful, and the main character here far more likable, than in any of her previous novels. It should be emphasised right up front that while the worldbuilding is every bit as detailed and baroque as her previous solo novels under her other name, the mood leans far less toward the noir than The Doctrine of Labyrinths.

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