Quest

by Pat Shand, Sergio Osuna (Illustrator), Francesca Zambon (Illustrator)

A rogue princess named Aisling teams up with Blake, a fallen Wonderland knight, and Bolder, a dwarf banished from his home, in order to protect the realm of Myst from the dark shadows of its past. Journey with this ragtag team of disgraced warriors as they fight for redemption in a world that has forgotten them.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Fiction

154 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 13, 2014

About the author

PAT SHAND writes comic books (Robyn Hood, Family Pets, Charmed, Angel) and pop culture journalism (Sad Girls Guide, Blastoff Comics). He lives in San Diego with his girlfriend and their veritable zoo of cats.

Reviews

[Richard Dominguez]

This is a great read from start to finish. The story revolves around four chosen knights to find the 4 pieces of a powerful stone, that will save their realms. The story moves smoothly, from journey to battles to the conclusion of their quest.
Each battle holds a certain significance to each knight and the reader finds some long held secret past to the knights.
The characters are all interesting and engaging as the story reveals more of what drives them all forward.
For me the icing on everything about this story is the dialog. Filled with lots of provoking thought and lots of laughs.
Having read a few of these Grimm stories they have all been good reads, but this one edges them out to be the best one I have read yet.

[Bob]

Well written and illustrated tale of the realm of Myst taking place during the Age of Darkness. Interesting characters, especially the snarky dwarf, Bolder. Highly recommended.

[Robert Bussie]

I have read all five volumes of the "Age of Darkness" series and loved them. This is a really intriguing and exciting story. I have read almost all the trades connecting with the story arc and these are really good too....except this one (I have not read the "Neverland" one yet, so that is to be determined).

"Quest" is boring and has very little to do as an "Age of Darkness" tie-in. The characters are not interesting and the ending made me feel that reading through this so-called adventure story was a waste of time. The art work is fine and the coloring is good. However, nothing really shines; the perspectives are uninspired.

Overall, this is a ho-hum book that greatly pales next to the other books in the series.

[Art]

The characters were pretty stereotypical. The quest was way too easy. A deus ex machine ending. Maybe I need to read more of the Zenescope multiverse to understand more of the underlying metastory. Not sure, on the basis of this story, whether or not that is something I want to pursue.

[Jan van Es]

GREAT story from start to finish! If I remember correctly it was a 5-issue miniseries... or 6?

Anywhoo, another GREAT story from Zenescope!

[John]

That was improbably bad. The characters, the dialog, the conflicts, the knocked-it-out-pretty-easy quest, the reversals: there was not one thing where I went, well, okay that worked despite the rest.