![]() ![]() Uggie tries to make a break for it but fails and he and his surviving gang members are then jailed. Dredd interogates Apelino's mother and discovers that the Ape Gang was planning to abush an East Side Mob truck, so the Judges comandeer the truck and counter ambush Apelino's gang. Uggie and his two top men Joe Bananas and Fast Eeek confront Judge Dredd in his office and demand that the Judges stay away from their buissness, planning to start a gang war with the East Side Gang, Dredd orders them to leave promisng to come down heavy if they break the law.Ī war emerges with both sides striking against each other, on the fourth day of the violence Dredd attempts to hunt down the instigator behind the attacks, Don Uggie himself. Almost instantly Uggie begins to branch out, angering the East Side Mob as they moved into one another's territory. He was cocky, rude and short tempered, nether the less he had managed to lead his gang well and quickly became a nuisance for Justice HQ.Īpelino rose to the title of Don in 2099, replacing Vito and turning the Ape Gang into a more violent force with full control over the criminal activity in the Jungle. Don Uggie Apelino was an uplift who ran the infamous Ape Gang operating from within the Jungle.Īpelino gained much of his character from the gangsters of the late 1920's-30's. ![]()
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He used one of VCA’s famous plot devices. And definitely not by the ghostwriter, Andrew Neiderman. Among other VCA fans, I didn’t think My Sweet Audrina needed a sequel. It was advertised as “ The long-awaited sequel to My Sweet Audrina” and I didn’t like that. But after years of relative quiet, the dark days of Whitefern may have returned… Audrina promised her father she’d watch over the young woman. Trapped in the middle of it all: her fragile, simple sister-the beautiful, trusting Sylvia. And she can’t help but wonder what had made her father change his will at the last minute? What did he know about Arden that she didn’t? And while Audrina didn’t anticipate running the family business, she’s curious to do so. Arden’s protestations become frantic, nearly violent. When the reading of her father’s will reveals that Audrina herself will control fifty-one percent of the family brokerage-the halls of Whitefern again don’t feel safe. But then, the death of Audrina’s father changed a great many things. He didn’t used to be this ambitious, expansive…this cruel. ![]() Synopsis: Audrina remembers a better time, when her husband, Arden, was a young man with a heart filled with devotion for her. ![]() ![]() Together, Poppy and Casteel must embrace traditions old and new to safeguard those they hold dear-to protect those who cannot defend themselves. Not if she has any hope of building a future where both kingdoms can reside in peace. With the strength of the Primal of Life’s guards behind her, and the support of the wolven, Poppy must convince the Atlantian generals to make war her way-because there can be no retreat this time. Nothing will stop Poppy from freeing her King and destroying everything the Blood Crown stands for. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable. 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Sogolon, the Moon Witch, lies to and betrays the other members of the fellowship. The Mawana witches that appear in Chapter 16 are more monstrous than human-even Tracker wouldn’t classify them with human women. ![]() Touted as an ‘African Game of Thrones’, it describes a fantastical medieval adventure involving warring kingdoms, witches, giants, shape-shifters and a quest for a missing child. The “secret witches market” (152, 536) is where people barter babies for parts, but the body part merchant that appears there is a male white scientist. Black Leopard, Red Wolf is very different from that previous book yet still retains James’ unique style, sensibility and alluring mischievousness. She, along with other witches and non-witches, are morally repugnant. ![]() A woman involved in selling a baby replies to his witch-related insults with: “What plenty you know about witch and witchmen. Considering he is under the protection of a powerful magic user, the Sangoma, Tracker’s insults are hypocritical. ![]() |