
The Divine
Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Mark's out of the military, these days, with his boring, safe civilian job doing explosives consulting. But you never really get away from war. So it feels inevitable when his old army buddy Jason comes calling, with a lucrative military contract for a mining job in an obscure South-East Asian country called Quanlom. They'll have to operate under the radar—Quanlom is being torn apart by civil war, and the US military isn't strictly supposed to be there.
With no career prospects and a baby on the way, Mark finds himself making the worst mistake of his life and signing on with Jason. What awaits him in Quanlom is going to change everything.
What awaits him in Quanlom is weirdness of the highest order: a civil war led by ten-year-old twins wielding something that looks a lot like magic, leading an army of warriors who look a lot like gods.
What awaits him in Quanlom is an actual goddamn dragon.
From world-renowned artists Asaf and Tomer Hanuka (twins, whose magic powers are strictly confined to pen and paper) and Boaz Lavie, The Divine is a fast-paced, brutal, and breathlessly beautiful portrait of a world where ancient powers vie with modern warfare and nobody escapes unscathed.
Product Details
Publisher | First Second |
Publish Date | July 14, 2015 |
Pages | 160 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781596436749 |
Dimensions | 8.4 X 103.1 X 0.4 inches | 0.7 pounds |
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Reviews
“Arresting images, a supernatural tale rooted in a real story, and cool gore—The Divine has got it all.” —Yann Martel, Life of Pi
"[Asaf and Tomer Hanuka's] sensitivity to shade and form makes even the story's quotidian images worth lingering over." —New York Times Book Review
“Stunning artwork and creeping dread weave together in this satisfying and moving page-turner.” —Booklist, starred review
“Heady, hellacious, and phantasmagoric.” —Publishers Weekly
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