AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Thierry Labrosse
SERIES: Ab Irato
PUBLISHER: Lion Forge Comics
PUBLICATION DATE: November 28, 2017
PAGES: 176
SYNOPSIS FROM GOODREADS:
In the dystopian future of 2111 and a world of mounting sea levels, the wealthiest fraction of the population has access to a rejuvenating vaccine that can allow lifespans of hundreds of years. A young man named Riel flees the bleak life of the drowning countryside for the urban metropolis of Montreal; there he meets a young woman named Neve, and falls in love, but he also discovers that the city is full of dangers, including rebel insurgents (the “Bastards of God”) who are fighting the corporate powers that control everything, demanding equal access for all to the miracle elixirs that can prolong life. Amongst the rebels is a young woman with unusual and mysterious powers, Gana, who is aiming to assassinate the CEO of Juvex, the company that produces the vaccine.
As the story spirals into violence and the city into civil war, Neve is taken hostage by the rebels, Gana gets closer to her target, and their investigations begin to reveal that the vaccine may not be everything it’s cracked up to be . . .
MY RATING: If you are just like me who loves reading dystopian type of stories, then you would also enjoy reading this graphic novel written and illustrated by Canadian comic artist, Thierry Labrosse. The story may not be original because I'd read or watched a similar plot before. However, Labrosse is a good storyteller; I reckon he carefully outline the storyline thus, the end-product is well executed. This first volume of the Ab Irato compiles Chapter 1 to 3 of the series plus several pages in the end for the author's sketches. Thank you to Lion Forge, LLC for the ARC of this.   |
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