![]() ![]() The good news is the second part of the series is better, in my opinion. Growing up with Alien and other movies where the protagonist is running from a monster in some weird industrial setting just made this section of the series seem stale to me. ![]() The team ends up trapped in a deep-sea base trying to escape the thing. I don’t want to give away spoilers, but the plot moves quickly. ![]() A shady government character brings together a team consisting of an expert on whale songs, an expert in mythology and folklore, and an expert hunter of all things of the ocean, whether legal or illegal, to investigate something that has been making mysterious noises in the ocean and has peaked the attention of U.S. The Wake fits neatly into the cli-fi category (climate fiction). I’m sure it’s just a failing on my part as a reader, and you should check it out for yourself. It’s not terrible by any means, but I just struggled with the storyline and the art didn’t excite me that much. I’m not a big fan of The Wake by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy. I’m just going to get it out of the way up front. ![]()
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