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Letter 44 Volume 1: Escape Velocity (2014)

by Charles Soule(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1620101335 (ISBN13: 9781620101339)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Oni Press

review 1: Well, that's one way to justify Bush II... This is an interesting concept - when a new president takes office, he finds out that his predecessor has sent a spaceship to investigate an alien construction in the asteroid belt. The book flips between the spaceship as they near the construction and the presidency as he deals with if and how to announce the action. So political maneuvering (and conspiracy) coupled with space exploration. It's an interesting contrast, and it works fairly well. The art is strong if not fancy. Some of the twists and turns are surprising, and there's a lot more of the story to be told. All in all, a strong start to a new series.
review 2: 'Letter 44' is a cross between a political intrigue story and a space epic. It's the kind of b... moreig sprawling story that might make a good television show or movie, but it works probably best as a graphic novel, with it's cosmic themes and strange elements.Shortly after the 44th President is sworn into office, he finds a letter on his desk addressed to him from his predecessor. The letter spells out the danger facing the earth from space: something has been spotted heading towards earth, the military buildup of the last two terms was to get the planet ready, and there is already a deep space exploration vessel with scientists and military on it's way to investigate.It's a lot for a new president to digest, and the story deals with that as well as switching to the crew in space about to be close enough to get data back to earth. The tension is between the military and the scientist in space, and the new president and his rivals on earth. It's an ongoing story, and I'm looking forward to where it goes from here. The story by Charles Soule is a engaging and the art by Alberto Alburquerque is quite good.I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this fine graphic novel. less

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