Mythspace: Lift Off

Mythspace: Lift Off #2

by Paolo Chikiamco, Koi Carreon (Illustrator)

What if the creatures from Philippine folklore — the tikbalangs, nuno, kapre — were inspired by sightings of actual alien races? That’s the question that fuels the Mythspace stories.

Picking up right where Mythspace #0 left off: After years of thinking his Lola was a loon, Amrosio “Bros” Magkalas has been abducted by… a mecha driving Nuno and a gun-toting Manananggal — from outer space?! Faced with the realization that his Lola’s tale of what happened to his parents may not be a delusion, Bros is determined to seek the truth… but outside Earth, humans have no rights. And Bros is about to learn this the hard way… unless another creature of legend can make it to the boy in time.

60 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2013

About the author

A lawyer by training and a writer by inclination, in 2009 Paolo resigned from one of the top law firms in the country to establish Eight Ray Sun Publishing Inc., driven to take advantage of the burgeoning ebook market to allow Filipino Speculative Fiction authors a chance, not only to reach an international audience, but to eventually make a living from writing.

Paolo’s articles have appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Online Chronicles, and Code RED Magazine. His stories have appeared in the Digest of Philippine Genre Stories, A Time for Dragons, and the Farthest Shore. He won third place in the 2009 Carlos Palanca Awards in the Short Story for Children (English) category. His greatest escapade was sneaking in to watch Total Recall when he was 12 years old. It was totally not worth it.

Reviews

[Kevin Cortes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aboard the Battleship of Akkatizatizamon, Grand Aegis of the Ymos City Protectorate, a presentation of three rarities are being held. This is done in order to get the entitlement of Free Trade Licenses that aims to give exemptions from planetary taxes and licensing fees for life. Thus, the galaxy's finest bounty hunters have searched the universe for unique items. This has led to Bros capture by Qu, a mecha driving Nuno, and Va-Lis-Ya, a gun-totting manananggal.

It continues to amaze us in this story telling of the world of mythspace. The illustrations really help a lot in describing this universe that goes beyond earth.

Chikiamco and Koi takes us to new worlds as the universe of mythspace is slowly unveiled in part 2 of Mythspace: Lift Off. This is one comic series that is highly recommended to be read.

More of my review at:
http://onemantra.blogspot.com/2015/02...

[Kevin Cortes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aboard the Battleship of Akkatizatizamon, Grand Aegis of the Ymos City Protectorate, a presentation of three rarities are being held. This is done in order to get the entitlement of Free Trade Licenses that aims to give exemptions from planetary taxes and licensing fees for life. Thus, the galaxy's finest bounty hunters have searched the universe for unique items. This has led to Bros capture by Qu, a mecha driving Nuno, and Va-Lis-Ya, a gun-totting manananggal.

It continues to amaze us in this story telling of the world of mythspace. The illustrations really help a lot in describing this universe that goes beyond earth.

Chikiamco and Koi takes us to new worlds as the universe of mythspace is slowly unveiled in part 2 of Mythspace: Lift Off. This is one comic series that is highly recommended to be read.

More of my review at:
http://onemantra.blogspot.com/2015/02...