What Fans are saying about The Six...
Avid readers of fantasy cannot help but summon tropes and fabricate analogy. When the field is deep, the reader constantly mines for hooks, treasures, and meaning. Kirk Holland's The Six lets us do that but, surprisingly, offers up a unique, exceptional world populated by unique, exceptional characters.
Holland evokes the collective quest of Tolkien, the macabre horror of Poe, and the wild humor of Neil Gaiman. He asks the ethical and political questions of Ursula K. Le Guin and Frank Herbert, while reveling in the sleek imagery of Kirkman & Moore and the epic battles of Stan Lee. He masters the complex character development of Rowling and the expansive magical reality of Stephen King. Holland fits comfortably in this company.
With deft narrative and alluring imagery, Holland creates worlds hidden within worlds, following the paths of six special people who do not yet know the power they possess or the history they embody. Through frustratingly wonderful and terrifying encounters, they begin to piece together their shared mission and learn to unleash their individual bravery for a greater good that they do not yet comprehend. Holland makes it clear that it is not despite their diversity that they shine, but because of it. The Six creates a new world ready to take its place among the stars, and Holland is a new voice that is ready to be heard.