Salvage (Comic): Issue #1 - No Songs Strong Enough

by Chris Howard

The comic edition of Chris Howard's novel Salvage (Masque / Prime Books, 2013).Salvage specialist Captain Jayson Wilraven finds his life and the lives of his crew in peril when a strange charterer wants a mysterious sunken vessel hidden, not raised—and sends armed mercenaries to make sure his orders are followed. Meanwhile, Jon Andreden’s trial of an underwater smart machine is disrupted by a weird organic submersible. His life is soon turned dangerously upside down when he meets its creator, the beautiful Laeina, who recruits him to help find her missing sister. The parallel adventures lead to an underworld of people who live in the sea—the seaborn— as well as secret naval projects, a ship-sinking monster, and the first rumblings of a war of immortals over control of human civilization.

410 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 23, 2014

About the author

Chris Howard is just a creative human with a pen and a paint brush, author of Seaborn (Juno Books, 2008), Salvage (Prime Books, 2013), Saltwater Witch (Lykeion, 2005), and a shelf-full of other books. My short stories and essays have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including “Lost Dogs and Fireplace Archeology” in Fantasy Magazine and “How to Build Worlds Without Becoming the Minister for Tourism” in Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Penguin, 2014). My story “The Mermaid Game” appeared in the Paula Guran edited anthology Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep (Prime, 2015), and “Hammers and Snails” was the Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Short Fiction Contest winner. I wrote and illustrated the comics Saltwater Witch and Salvage. My art has appeared on dozens of book covers, art cards, interior illustrations for publishers, authors, and Kickstarter projects. You can also find my art in Shimmer, BuzzyMag, various tabletop RPGs, and on the pages of books, blogs, and other interesting places.

Find out everything here: http://www.SaltwaterWitch.com

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Reviews

[♛ Garima ♛ · Rating 1 out of 5]

No matter how hard I try, I could not finish this. The graphics are so crude, they look like sketch book instead of comic.

[Mat · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am intrigued. The story seems solid with interesting characters. The artwork is pretty good, though not as great as come of Chris Howard's other works. I am looking forward to reading more.

You can download this issue for free at Chris Howard's website - https://www.saltwaterwitch.com/

[Mathew Carruthers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intriguing

Interesting premise, beautifully illustrated. The color palette is amazing - the whole book looks watercolored, rather than traditionally inked and colored. Difficult to read the text on an e-reader or tablet screen, but it is manageable.