And they get "no perfect, happy endings." Vikas Turakhia is an English teacher in Ohio. The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice By: Elizabeth Flock. Publisher: Harper, 304 pages, $32.

Female Furies takes place smack in the middle of Jack Kirby's original Fourth World, so if you know Kirby's New Gods well you'll have a familiar understanding of the key players and their ...