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Orbital #7
Implosion
Les Névronomes, ces mystérieux vaisseaux vivants, semblent de nouveau constituer une menace pour le monde. Disséminés dans toute la galaxie et jusqu'alors calmes, ils commencent en effet un à un à s'autodétruire violemment, créant des déflagrations d'une portée immense et décimant des villes entières. Avant qu'ils anéantissent toute civilisation, la Confédération, affaiblie par la guerre civile à peine terminée, n'a qu'une seule solution : elle doit retrouver Caleb, le seul qui dispose d'un lien symbiotique avec l'un des représentants de cette dangereuse espèce.
Ce ne sera pas une opération facile : depuis le massacre de Stockholm, les renégats ont fui dans leur Névronome et viennent de mettre le cap sur la grouillante Tatsuam, cité de criminels et zone de non-droit.
Un nouvel épisode de cette saga foisonnante et graphiquement époustouflante, qui nous entraine sur les pistes des Névronomes, l'une des créations les plus fascinantes de Sylvain Runberg et Serge Pellé.
Ce ne sera pas une opération facile : depuis le massacre de Stockholm, les renégats ont fui dans leur Névronome et viennent de mettre le cap sur la grouillante Tatsuam, cité de criminels et zone de non-droit.
Un nouvel épisode de cette saga foisonnante et graphiquement époustouflante, qui nous entraine sur les pistes des Névronomes, l'une des créations les plus fascinantes de Sylvain Runberg et Serge Pellé.
56 pages, Hardcover
First published January 6, 2017
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June 27, 2020
And so on to the most important book in this re-read series, the title that will allow me to appreciate and enjoy to the most Contacts the latest book in the series (book 8, since it does not appear to reference to the series here.
Now through the series we have seen various situations that have put our heroes in danger - however are a rather over used cliche the stakes have now been raised.
I guess one of the downsides with serial stories - be it graphic novels or sequential stories there is always the trade off between recapping and continuity and not giving away spoilers and plot developments.
At least you did not hear it from me.
Well I have broken one of my personal rules - never start a book / series that you cannot finish - in this case because the second part of this Orbital story has yet to be released. I will regret doing that I promise you as I have yet to find a publication date.
Anyway the story carries on - picking up from the cliff hanger from the previous book (no sorry not spoilers) you are thrown in to yet an even bigger and more dangerous situation. As I have mentioned before these style of book where at the end of each story an even bigger and more pressing disaster is awaiting around the corner often confounds me. As it seems that once that problem is sorted something worse is just about to kick off. Almost like its some sort of competition.
In the case of Orbital that is partly the case where you have gone from failing diplomatic relations to the destruction of every known civilisation - or so it feels.
However that is giving the series a massive disservice, as really to me its more personal its down to the interaction of the two agents at the centre of this, how they deal with this past, how the confront the future and how they keep working with each other considering many of these aspects are in conflict with what they are trying to achieve. The question really is though, how long have I got to wait.
Now through the series we have seen various situations that have put our heroes in danger - however are a rather over used cliche the stakes have now been raised.
I guess one of the downsides with serial stories - be it graphic novels or sequential stories there is always the trade off between recapping and continuity and not giving away spoilers and plot developments.
At least you did not hear it from me.
Well I have broken one of my personal rules - never start a book / series that you cannot finish - in this case because the second part of this Orbital story has yet to be released. I will regret doing that I promise you as I have yet to find a publication date.
Anyway the story carries on - picking up from the cliff hanger from the previous book (no sorry not spoilers) you are thrown in to yet an even bigger and more dangerous situation. As I have mentioned before these style of book where at the end of each story an even bigger and more pressing disaster is awaiting around the corner often confounds me. As it seems that once that problem is sorted something worse is just about to kick off. Almost like its some sort of competition.
In the case of Orbital that is partly the case where you have gone from failing diplomatic relations to the destruction of every known civilisation - or so it feels.
However that is giving the series a massive disservice, as really to me its more personal its down to the interaction of the two agents at the centre of this, how they deal with this past, how the confront the future and how they keep working with each other considering many of these aspects are in conflict with what they are trying to achieve. The question really is though, how long have I got to wait.
March 6, 2020
Loved this SF series!
September 29, 2022
"Fourth Mission" 1 of 2
March 7, 2018
This isn’t the only sci-fi book that Cinebook produces, and it’s certainly not the only one with male and female protagonists who happen to be agents of an intergalactic body. However, it is the newer kid on the block and it doesn’t have the added bonus of a multi-milion pound movie and all the attention that brings, so what this book needs to do is carve its own niche if it’s going to get noticed. And seven volumes in, it’s doing a pretty good job of it.
Caleb and Mezoke have been joined by Caleb’s wilful and arguably dangerous sister, Kristina, but they’re in a tight corner and have been persuaded by her to attempt a raid on a Nakruid’s nest to steal the placental cocoons of their offspring. Living in giant colonies, these massive social insects are as protective of their young and their homes as any terrestrial hive species, but their size and numbers make them an oppressive and highly dangerous foe that nobody to date has managed to best, despite the rumours that the placental cocoons offer huge longevity to life. Kristina thinks she has a way around this and foolishly the rest of the crew go along with it. However, Kristina hasn’t been as honest as she could have been about the raid, and things don’t go well.
Meanwhile, Nueronomes have settled across inhabited planets across the system, drawing ammonia into themselves but remaining otherwise inert. The people of many worlds are worried and fearful, but there’s little that can be done against such power, as proved when one becomes active. And then there’s Angus, the youngest of the Nueronomes and he’s now behaving oddly too. Is this organised aggression, or something else?
Caleb, Myzoke and Kristina make their way to Tetsuam, an interstellar space station of enormous size catering to the galaxy’s underbelly, and somewhere they can offload their placental cocoons for a huge profit, but unfortunately that invokes other problems. And it hasn’t been forgotten that Caleb only recently had a direct connection to a Nueromone, so he’s suddenly of great interest as a potential answer to the problem facing so many lives.
Serge Pellé’s cityscapes, spacecraft and alien designs are excellent, often using a limited or carefully considered colour palette to create the mood or atmosphere that helps underscore what’s happening in the script. A double page spread featuring the second-deadly Nueronome death is a fine example of this – a brutal and horrific act of death and destruction on a massive scale handled in widescreen panels to great effect. And I really do like his alien creatures.
Caleb and Mezoke have been joined by Caleb’s wilful and arguably dangerous sister, Kristina, but they’re in a tight corner and have been persuaded by her to attempt a raid on a Nakruid’s nest to steal the placental cocoons of their offspring. Living in giant colonies, these massive social insects are as protective of their young and their homes as any terrestrial hive species, but their size and numbers make them an oppressive and highly dangerous foe that nobody to date has managed to best, despite the rumours that the placental cocoons offer huge longevity to life. Kristina thinks she has a way around this and foolishly the rest of the crew go along with it. However, Kristina hasn’t been as honest as she could have been about the raid, and things don’t go well.
Meanwhile, Nueronomes have settled across inhabited planets across the system, drawing ammonia into themselves but remaining otherwise inert. The people of many worlds are worried and fearful, but there’s little that can be done against such power, as proved when one becomes active. And then there’s Angus, the youngest of the Nueronomes and he’s now behaving oddly too. Is this organised aggression, or something else?
Caleb, Myzoke and Kristina make their way to Tetsuam, an interstellar space station of enormous size catering to the galaxy’s underbelly, and somewhere they can offload their placental cocoons for a huge profit, but unfortunately that invokes other problems. And it hasn’t been forgotten that Caleb only recently had a direct connection to a Nueromone, so he’s suddenly of great interest as a potential answer to the problem facing so many lives.
Serge Pellé’s cityscapes, spacecraft and alien designs are excellent, often using a limited or carefully considered colour palette to create the mood or atmosphere that helps underscore what’s happening in the script. A double page spread featuring the second-deadly Nueronome death is a fine example of this – a brutal and horrific act of death and destruction on a massive scale handled in widescreen panels to great effect. And I really do like his alien creatures.
November 12, 2018
It's tough to stay excited for a series where I get to read 50 new pages every year and a half. This felt more like an interlude than any real forward momentum, but I'll tune in again in 2021 or whatever to see what happens.
December 27, 2022
(4,3 of 5 for a pitch of the grand finale of Orbital)
I liked how things turned into this volume. The creators steered to the great epic finale but slowed down a bit in expanding it and just focused to move forward and strengthen the bond between the reader and the main characters.
I liked how things turned into this volume. The creators steered to the great epic finale but slowed down a bit in expanding it and just focused to move forward and strengthen the bond between the reader and the main characters.
July 29, 2023
Amazing how much story can be compressed into about 60 pages. Enjoying this space opera.
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