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End's Shadow Caste
The apocalypse has come and gone. As mankind prepares to repeat history, one woman is given the choice to take things in a new direction.
Detailed Description:
Western North America has seen some drastic changes over the centuries. Explorers and settlers changed the course for timeless indigenous communities. Gold-rushes gave way to skyscrapers. International trade brought the world to these shores.
Such fast growth breeds instability. Soon, the world crumbles under it's own weight. Violent wars rage successively for 150 years. Centuries pass as the earth heals from the final devastation of WWVII. Several generations after the fall of society, mankind rises again. A curse has risen with it. The pain of past generations coils itself into a vengeful supernatural force. The Scead threaten to swallow everything.
One woman's introverted world splinters when the people that died in the apocalypse begin to demand her attention. Mena has an opportunity to keep a history she doesn't understand from repeating itself. She is at the heart of the breach. She is the cusp of a revolution, though she's not certain she wants to give what it's going to take.
This book is intended for a mature audience. It contains graphic violence and nudity.
Double spread pages. Full colour.
For behind-the-scenes content and information about upcoming volumes see www.endsshadowcaste.wordpress.com
Detailed Description:
Western North America has seen some drastic changes over the centuries. Explorers and settlers changed the course for timeless indigenous communities. Gold-rushes gave way to skyscrapers. International trade brought the world to these shores.
Such fast growth breeds instability. Soon, the world crumbles under it's own weight. Violent wars rage successively for 150 years. Centuries pass as the earth heals from the final devastation of WWVII. Several generations after the fall of society, mankind rises again. A curse has risen with it. The pain of past generations coils itself into a vengeful supernatural force. The Scead threaten to swallow everything.
One woman's introverted world splinters when the people that died in the apocalypse begin to demand her attention. Mena has an opportunity to keep a history she doesn't understand from repeating itself. She is at the heart of the breach. She is the cusp of a revolution, though she's not certain she wants to give what it's going to take.
This book is intended for a mature audience. It contains graphic violence and nudity.
Double spread pages. Full colour.
For behind-the-scenes content and information about upcoming volumes see www.endsshadowcaste.wordpress.com
84 pages, ebook
First published June 1, 2013
24 people want to read
About the author
Meghann Doyle
2 books5 followersI love comic books… not in the conventional way. I research the bizarre and obscure, not to improve at Couch Jeopardy (where yelling at the tv comes standard), but because it worms it’s way into my subconscious and then into my work.
I spent several misguided years aiming to be a doctor. I fondly look back at that, and other near-failures; my education is diverse and influential in my work. I earned a BFA of Visual Arts at the University of Victoria. I paint in oils, write and illustrate graphic novels, and teach.
My indie graphic novel series is called "End's Shadow Caste". It's the main focus of my time and benefits the most from my hyper-organized left brain. Though the pages might be designed digitally, the final artwork is created by hand. I prefer the tactile quality of working with real materials. Ink and paint can be manipulated in ways digital never can. The reward of figuring out how to deal with a blotch can't be matched by hitting undo.
I spent several misguided years aiming to be a doctor. I fondly look back at that, and other near-failures; my education is diverse and influential in my work. I earned a BFA of Visual Arts at the University of Victoria. I paint in oils, write and illustrate graphic novels, and teach.
My indie graphic novel series is called "End's Shadow Caste". It's the main focus of my time and benefits the most from my hyper-organized left brain. Though the pages might be designed digitally, the final artwork is created by hand. I prefer the tactile quality of working with real materials. Ink and paint can be manipulated in ways digital never can. The reward of figuring out how to deal with a blotch can't be matched by hitting undo.
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September 19, 2013
I actually enjoyed reading this. The artwork and story were different and original.
September 15, 2013
"End's Shadow Caste" Review
"End's Shadow Caste" Review
This is a graphic novel aimed at adults, but I feel that it would cross over to older teenagers.
It is a modern day fairy tale set in an extraordinary post apocalyptic world set in Western North America. The reality that the characters live in is directly affected by all of human life that went before it. Much of the written history in this new world has been lost however it appears to haunt the present. There is strong echoes of the past and references to it, but in a sense it is also devoid from the new world, which seems at points very separate, so much so that even the language has eroded and evolved.
The main character is a female, with several names, she is a skilled hunter and not only catches her pray but also can skin it and prepare the meat. She travels through the pages of this story with her friend/companion a red tailed hawk. Later she makes friends with a wolf. She appears fearless as all around her is death and fighting.
She is instantly likeable, and you are drawn into her world and carried along on her adventure. It reminds me how mundane my own world is, catching the bus going to work eating dinner in front of the TV. Where as in this world by comparison the characters in this modern day fairy tale seem more alive, perhaps because they are on the edge of death.
The story is large in that it appears to come off the page. This has been achieved by the skillful drawings that almost seem three dimensional in places.
My favorite drawing being the archer drawing back a bow so the edge of the arrow appears to come out of the page at you.
For a nice change the story is left mostly for the reader to interpret. It gives the reader a challenge and a chance to use their own imagination. I found it hugely enjoyable not to have every detail spelled out to me.
The illustrations are all hand drawn with ink and must have taken a very long time as the detail is poetic.
This, Meghann's first book, is beautifully drawn and is breathtaking. She has clearly done a lot of research on Western North American history and people. At the back of her book there are a lot of website addresses and more information about the world history images she references throughout the book.
It has been a great experience to escape into another world through this book. I am looking forward to the next one. Volume two, "End's Shadow Caste: In the Shadow of the Wind Walker" is set to release summer 2014. You can subscribe to Meghann's blog at www.endsshadowcaste.wordpress.com to stay informed and learn more about the creation of the "End's Shadow Caste" series.
Jane Yates
"End's Shadow Caste" Review
This is a graphic novel aimed at adults, but I feel that it would cross over to older teenagers.
It is a modern day fairy tale set in an extraordinary post apocalyptic world set in Western North America. The reality that the characters live in is directly affected by all of human life that went before it. Much of the written history in this new world has been lost however it appears to haunt the present. There is strong echoes of the past and references to it, but in a sense it is also devoid from the new world, which seems at points very separate, so much so that even the language has eroded and evolved.
The main character is a female, with several names, she is a skilled hunter and not only catches her pray but also can skin it and prepare the meat. She travels through the pages of this story with her friend/companion a red tailed hawk. Later she makes friends with a wolf. She appears fearless as all around her is death and fighting.
She is instantly likeable, and you are drawn into her world and carried along on her adventure. It reminds me how mundane my own world is, catching the bus going to work eating dinner in front of the TV. Where as in this world by comparison the characters in this modern day fairy tale seem more alive, perhaps because they are on the edge of death.
The story is large in that it appears to come off the page. This has been achieved by the skillful drawings that almost seem three dimensional in places.
My favorite drawing being the archer drawing back a bow so the edge of the arrow appears to come out of the page at you.
For a nice change the story is left mostly for the reader to interpret. It gives the reader a challenge and a chance to use their own imagination. I found it hugely enjoyable not to have every detail spelled out to me.
The illustrations are all hand drawn with ink and must have taken a very long time as the detail is poetic.
This, Meghann's first book, is beautifully drawn and is breathtaking. She has clearly done a lot of research on Western North American history and people. At the back of her book there are a lot of website addresses and more information about the world history images she references throughout the book.
It has been a great experience to escape into another world through this book. I am looking forward to the next one. Volume two, "End's Shadow Caste: In the Shadow of the Wind Walker" is set to release summer 2014. You can subscribe to Meghann's blog at www.endsshadowcaste.wordpress.com to stay informed and learn more about the creation of the "End's Shadow Caste" series.
Jane Yates
August 6, 2013
Of course it's five stars. It's amazing! :P
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