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Girl Genius Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne And The Heirs Of The Storm (2010)

by Phil Foglio(Favorite Author)

4.43 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1890856517 (ISBN13: 9781890856519)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Studio Foglio

series

Girl Genius

review 1: An installment in the continuing story. With spoilers ahead for the earlier ones.First page is their Hugo acceptance speech, with Agatha interrupting to figure out the cause. It's not mind-control worms.It opens easily enough, with guards watching over the rejoicing in Mechanicsburg. The Baron had sent not soldiers but barrels of strong drink. But within a page, we are following a new arrival, which culminates in Othar's being sent into the Castle to retrieve Gil.Meanwhile in the Castle, Gil bumps into the false Heterodyne heir. Turns out she's Zola, someone he knew in Paris -- where she had a dreadful habit of getting mixed up with things that he had to rescue her from. And Agatha discovers that she built a death ray in her sleep, and that Tarvek is seriously ill. ... moreShe decides to recruit Gil to help.They meet up, a fraught moment interrupted by Dr. Merlot, out for revenge. A bit of an adventure, revealing why he blames Agatha for his presence there.The first of many revelations and much action during the course of a heroic effort to cure Tarvek. Several rescues of Zola. Tarvek's revealing how he and Gil had known each other as boys. The realization that most of the medicinal stuff in the castle is old. A big fight between Gil and Tarvek that does what they want it to, and a secret, quiet bargain between them.This one doesn't end on a mere transition. For the first time, it ends on a cliff-hanger.
review 2: Action! Adventure! Heroism! Science! Pirates! Minions! Step right up, folks, and watch the show! This series just keeps getting better and better. No longer just a clumsy naïve fool, Agatha truly comes into her own as she accepts her mastery of the castle and forces her will on those around her, all the while maintaining her own personal scruples. Trying to temper mercy with justice when you are longing to choke the life out of your enemies can be a difficult struggle. This can be especially tough when one is surrounded by mad professors, rabid criminals and machines run amok, all just itching to beat the tar out of each other or just sit back and cheer while the blood flies. Leavening their “gaslamp fantasy” with plenty of humor and action lightly sprinkled with merry bits of random idiocy, the Foglios once again prove that science can be useful, deadly AND loads of fun. less

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