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Cargando... We Only Find Them When They're Dead Vol. 1 (1)por Al Ewing
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Captain Malik and the crew of his spaceship are in search of the only resources that matter - and can only be found by harvesting the giant corpses of alien gods that are found on the edge of human space..and now they see an opportunity to finally break free from this system: by being the first to find a living god. THE GODS ARE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL... ...AND THE GODS ARE ALWAYS DEAD. Captain Malik and the crew of the spaceship the Vihaan II are in search of the only resources that matter - and can only be found by harvesting the giant corpses of alien gods that are found on the edge of human space. While other autopsy ships and explorers race to salvage the meat, minerals, and metals that sustain the human race, Malik sees an opportunity to finally break free from this system: by being the first to find a living god. But Malik's obsession with the gods will push his crew into the darkest reaches of space, bringing them face to face with a threat unlike anything they ever imagined, unless the rogue agent on their trail can stop them first... Superstars Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo present a new sci-fi epic about the search for meaning and the hard choices we make to find it, no matter the cost to the world - or universe - around us. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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It is far future and humankind has reached the maximum of the expansion and resources are running few. Until they come across huge entities they name Gods, enormous bodies spread across universe, huge and ready to be cannibalized. For some reason these entities are only encountered when dead, nobody knows who they are and where do they come from. What is known is that they are all epicly beautiful and their garments and flesh are source of exquisite resources to harvest.
While this concept is honestly very weird, I look at it from following point - it is time where few people can afford their living, and these space carcasses are source of wealth. Strict regime and conditions related to harvesting point to the rather tyrannical government in the background taking all the profit and leaving many to squabble over bread crumbs remaining. Also there are indices that these carcasses were treated differently before, but then they just became equivalents of whales in 19th century.
And so enters captain Malik and his crew on board one of the so called coroner ships - harvesters taking resources from the enormous beings. But Malik has a goal set before him - he will try to find the alive God and figure out where do they come from and thus gain wealth for himself and his crew. But on his way he will find reluctant crew (because straying in coroner ships can result in immediate termination) and remainder of his past, security officer running escort to harvester [to prevent any feuding between ships] that holds a grudge against Malik, grudge that might push her towards ending the Malik's (and his crew's) career in the fireball.
Very interesting story, ends on a high note, cliffhanger that makes you find the volume 2 ASAP.
Art is excellent, very cinematic in its composition and you are never left guessing what is going on. Space is presented as a dangerous place it is, pulsing with life and other-worldliness, strangest of which are these entities called Gods by humanity.
Highly recommended read for fans of space opera. (