Saturday, February 13, 2010

Graphic novel review: Northlanders book 2 - The cross and the hammer by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly

Genre: Historical fiction

This book is a standalone story in the Northlanders series. This book is set in Ireland in 1014 A.D. and set during the Viking occupation of that land.

The book focuses on 2 people, Magnus a Irishman who is going around killing Viking officials and settlers and Ragnar a Viking nobleman who is sent by his King to track down and bring Magnus to justice.

And thats it, the plot is simply Magnus going around killing folks and Ragnar and his men running after him. There is no story to speak off. There is a plot twist at the end that is simply lazy and uninspired. The dialogue ranges from serviceable to bad.

The art is average, with everybody grimacing.

Rating: 2 / 5, Below average, skip it unless you are a huge Northlanders fan.

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