Product Description

With Liz gone and their most powerful enemies banding together for a final, catastrophic attack, Abe, Kate, and Johann must determine the price of their souls as they decide where their loyalties lie - and whether the life of a friend is more valuable than the fate of the world. B.P.R.D.: The Black Goddess collects the second arc of the Scorched Earth trilogy, pulling together threads from the beginning of the series, with a twist that will shake the worlds of B.P.R.D. agents and readers alike.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46999 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781595824110
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Fire, fire, burning higher: and other odd delights
When looking at the world and trying to see who is right and who is wrong, it isn't always so cut and dry. sometimes the person who seems the worst is operating under the best of intentions, and sometimes the "good guys" come blundering in withou tunderstanding what is what. This is the case in the Black Goddess, with Hellboy and the gang wandering into a place that seems like it could be the proverbial palace of evil. The only problem with that is that the evil is standing against something even worse and, even in the case of Liz (who disappeared earlier, there is more at stake than just her.

That's what i liked about the tale - the complexity here - but I also found myself questioning if i liked the book itself. There is a lot of time devoted to fight scenes, a lot of it in fact, and some of that time seems like it would have been better spent explaining other things. I suppose that is the problem with books working as story arcs - sometimes the arc is just a filler arc and sometimes it holds all the keys to the kingdom. This is even more true when it comes to the BPRD stories because some of them are convoluted and some of them are filled with little monsters, clogging the potential of the story. This happens in this book, allowing a lot of explanation in some places but a lot of struggle in others. The one thing I did like here was the harnessing of Liz and the showcase of her true potential, some clues as to what Liz may or may not be, a look into the eternity the "bad guy" here has spent, and an explanation as to what the monsters in this saga might possibly be up to. There is also a clash between the modern and the ancient, showing just how cocky people can be. And perhaps we sometimes need reminders of that - even if it is an Abraham's tank kicking it against a monstrous beastie with claws the size of a keep.

Should someone buy this? Well, not out of order and not without wanting some BPRD. This is not the best thing I have read from the BPRD camp, and i can't say I was impressed by what has come so far. I am also not saying that this arc will not finish beautifully because it may. Only time will tell about this. I just know that you should not buy this without the first portion of the arc to help you decide because, frankly, it will confuse you out-of-order. and we don't need that - not when you are trying to read about something that has lived through Atlantis and beyond.

Black Goddess (Mild spoiler)
It's hard to judge this book because it ends in a cliffhanger. It _is_ a good read, and you will lose the thread of the story if you don't read it.

Smart-alec Synopsis:

Gilfryd tells his life story, the frogs & red punks put in an appearance, the guys get slapped around... and Liz once again demonstrates that playing with fire can have farther reaching consequences than peeing your bed.