Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #754210 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

Graphic SF Reader
A science fiction struggle over some super powered hybrid children, involving some unpleasant aliens. People on earth want to keep the children under control and locked away. The alien master race they are part of want to use them in their political struggles. The kids just want to be kids. Chaos and battle ensues. The main focus is from the young girl's point of view.

A Worthy Sequel
Maybe I shouldn't say this is a sequel, because it is really a continuation of the same story that was in volume I. This is better written than the first book. The art also improved a lot, and I am not complaining about the first book at all, because it was also very good. But Colleen gets better. I like the elegant way she has of drawing people, clothes and hair, etc. Everything is very beautiful, which is interesting in a very Japanese kind of way because of contrast between beautiful people and settings and horrible things that are happening in the story. The characters are real depth. They have flaws, even when they are heros. They are scared and in no-win situations. Bast and D'mer compete for the love of Seren, who seems to use this romantic triangle as a way to keep his mind off his other problems. On the last book, someone said there was a very strong child molestation scene in this series. There was no scene like that in the last book and whatever happens in this one is implied and happens off panel on one page. It is very creepy, but you don't see anything. It really brings the horror to you without seeing. It is actually quite scary in parts of this book. This is like reading a novel with pictures and I get more out of it every time I read it. I especially like Kovar and D'mer. Jason gets a lot of time, and it is interesting to see because you can tell he is being jerked around by everyone he meets. We get told how the humans got picked in the first place, why Galahad and Dunstan are there. That is kind of a relief because I was worried there would be a try at making the magic in this book some kind of alien thing. I was afraid the aliens would turn out to be elves and I am so glad they are not. You will like this book if you like Marion Zimmer Bradley. It also will probably be good if you like Mercedes Lackey, but I think Colleen is a better writer. This is one of those comics that is much better when you read it all at once as a book. This is one of the best fantasy sf/graphic novels ever. It has more in common with manga from the scope of the story, but it has a lot more story and mature sense than manga like Clamp, which is mostly for kids. And the pictures are more grown-up. It is not cartoony, but it is pretty. There are also a couple of nice short stories in this, but I like the main story best.

Great work Coleen !!
As always, Coleen Doran has produced a fine story and good artwork.