Product Description

A foiled coup attempt results in a power vacuum that leaves this alien world without its treasured weapon. The aliens have no choice but to take Liana as their reluctant new Avatar. Only an angry slave and a small group of resistance fighters can free her and the universe from the dangers of her power. Over a decade in the making, A Distant Soil: Coda is the fourth volume and penultimate chapter in this science fiction/fantasy saga.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1868102 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-25
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

From the Publisher
Colleen Doran is a multiple award winning author, artist and painter who began her career at the tender age of sixteen! She has devoted half of her life to chronicling her magnum opus, the hauntingly beautiful, A Distant Soil. Listed as one of the five best books for teenage girls by Sassy magazine, with more than enough adventure, intrigue, political and religious under-pinning to keep the most discriminating reader of any age or gender spellbound

Customer Reviews

I'm Glad I Got It but...
I remember these comics/graphic novels, from when I was a kid. But the ones I had were in color. So, when I saw that Amazon had some for sale, I rushed to get them. I didn't realize that the newer versions would be in B/W. I know that it's cheaper to produce graphic novels in B/W, but it's disappointing to me. Just like most people don't like B/W movies, I feel that the whole point of a graphic novel is to see the story in color. Reading a B/W graphic novel is like watching Ben Hur or 10 Commandments in B/W. Great stories, but not very visually pleasing.

Series continues to improve.
Colleen Doran, A Distant Soil III: The Aria (Image, 2001)

A Distant Soil gets better as it gets older. The focus which was notably absent from the first book has gradually appeared, and the characters are getting more complex as time goes on. If you managed to forgive the first volume its errors of judgment, continuing on with the story of Jason and Liana is warranted.

In this episode, Jason, who's been brainwashed by the resistance, is about to kill Seren, the avatar, as we open-- except that Seren is also Rieken, the head of the resistance, and... oh, why bother? It's like trying to describe the plot of a soap opera. (In fact, it IS describing the plot of a soap opera.) Read the first two, you'll get up to speed. This one's a decent continuation of what came before. At this rate, Book Four, when it finally comes out, will be the best graphic novel of the year. ***

I LOVE this book!!!!!
I love this book. I LOVE this book. Did I tell you I love this book? Aside from the fact that the art gets more gorgeous every issue, the men are sexy, the women are believable as well as beautiful, the costumes and sets are amazing, the story blows me away as well! In A DISTANT SOIL: THE ARIA, the secret of the rebel leader Rieken is revealed to his companions and though they are very understandably displeased to have been deceived, they have no choice but to continue to follow him. The confrontation with the Hierarchy had a COMPLETELEY UNEXPECTED ending, and the quiet drama of the last few pages of this book is chilling. Best characterization I have ever seen drawn by a comic artist. Ever. Watch the scene with the bonzai tree at the end. It will freeze your blood. Can't WAIT for the next book!