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(More customer reviews)Take a folksy red demon, his ex-girlfriend, and a friend who prefers to live in water. Mix this with suspicious Chinese officials, and archeological dig in Tibet and the accidental awakening of a dragon that has been asleep for 1000 years, and you have most of the plot of The Dragon Pool. Archeologist Anastasia Bransfield knows that she is looking for the ancient temple of the Dragon King, who terrorized Tibet long ago until put asleep by a very angry dwarf, but she doesn't expect to run headlong into a tribe of the dragon's heir -- shape changing humans who have desperately kept the secret so that they would never have to resume sacrificing children. In the resulting confrontation she calls for help, and, just as you might expect, it's Hellboy to the rescue.
Being back around Anastasia puts Hellboy in a tizzy, but he gets to work and hammers out an arrangement with the local village (a rare moment of diplomacy for a guy who usually hits first, and then hits second). Unfortunately, the real damage is done. Even as Hellboy makes peace and saves the life of a young girl the bottom of the dragon pool shows unexpected signs of life. Soon the problem is a really cranky dragon trying to toast everything in the neighborhood. Despite help from both the BPRD and the Chinese government the dragon seems invincible, and the team is left digging for legends to find a way to set things right.
Chris Golden (noted for an unending supply of good horror and Buffy novels) once again does a great job of capture the action and Hellboy's somewhat sarcastic self-reflection. Hellboy is a human in most ways, but he is also the resident of a demon's body, with many unusual powers. Stacy and he still love each other, but the relationship is doomed not by their conflicts, but because the world isn't ready to accept the relationship. When your huge, red, and tailed, most folks tend to think the worst, and the couple must deal with the consequences. They are a good working team, though, and there's a great deal more action and fun than there are maudlin moments. One can't help but relish a pure occult adventure story like this. Go for it.
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Hellboy, a bloodred, cloven-hoofed demon raised by the United States government, is a top field agent for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. He questions the unknown -- then beats it into submission.In the upper reaches of the Himalayas, Hellboy's ex-girlfriend, archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield, believes she has found the location of the legendary "Dragon King Pool" -- thought to be the ancient dwelling of an evil dragon who inflicted horrific devastation on the land and its people. Every year the villagers would sacrifice a child to placate the beast, until one day an unlikely hero fought the dragon and won, bringing peace and prosperity to the land.But Anastasia's triumph at her discovery is short-lived. Soon unearthly creatures are seen lurking around the dig site, someone is sabotaging the excavation with dire results, and the young daughter of one of the dig leaders goes missing. It looks like a job for Hellboy -- but his toughest challenge might be putting his past with Anastasia behind him....
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