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Impure Blood #4
Impure Blood, Volume 4
No one knows how to help Dara control the power running through her veins. If she can't tame the raw energy of the Ancient Blood, it will burn her out. Auhle is her last resort. But he is up to something. A no-good something. And like everyone else, he's got a price—one that Dara isn't sure she's willing to pay.
Caspian, Mac, Roan, Elnor and Jaem race back to Kaleb’s desert lab for answers, only to find that they are too late. Now they have to convince the enemy of their enemy to be friends. They try to enlist the dysfunctional Watcher Society to unite against the threat posed by Auhle. Even then, no one knows if their numbers will be enough to stand against the black army under Auhle's command.
All converge upon the Airen Islands and an abandoned Temple of the Ancients for the final battle to decide the future of humanity and the Ancient Blood.
Caspian, Mac, Roan, Elnor and Jaem race back to Kaleb’s desert lab for answers, only to find that they are too late. Now they have to convince the enemy of their enemy to be friends. They try to enlist the dysfunctional Watcher Society to unite against the threat posed by Auhle. Even then, no one knows if their numbers will be enough to stand against the black army under Auhle's command.
All converge upon the Airen Islands and an abandoned Temple of the Ancients for the final battle to decide the future of humanity and the Ancient Blood.
- GenresSteampunkGraphic Novels
108 pages, Paperback
First published November 20, 2017
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Nadja Baer
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November 15, 2022
OK, yes I was binge reading on my tablet yesterday. When playing phone/email/text tag there's not much else to do.
Besides I was in an environment where I could get away with it. So this is a rating for all four volumes and in the interests of full disclosure I did back this on Kickstarter. Which I think, in all honesty , means I might have a slightly biased view.
For me this series' strengths lie in character work and world building. This is not a straight out fantasy tale, as it includes so much steampunk I would call this steampunk fantasy (not a genre I recall delving in before unless Cherie Priest counts).
This is a world of airships and submersibles alongside tales of, and fears of the same, old ones/ancient blood. Half-bloods are feared and treated as second class citizens. No true gun play unless you count hand held crossbows. The ancient blood and full blood powers could have been better defined, but the basic idea falls somewhere along the lines of blood magic or the ability to use magic like powers.
Into this venue we have Dara, who early on is exposed as a half-blood searching for her true father, a machinist who can work on anything (but that's not always for the best), Roan a half blood forced into gladiatorial battles whom Dara and others help find his freedom. This is not the entire cast.
Roan is the one who struggles to hold onto to his own personal code of honor/conduct while dealing with humans who see him, at best, as a monster. Dara similarly try to hold true to both her quest and honor, but life's difficulties get in the way (she's just about to turn 18, and that is a significant story point).
There are secret societies, crosses and double crosses.
Quite an enjoyable read.
Besides I was in an environment where I could get away with it. So this is a rating for all four volumes and in the interests of full disclosure I did back this on Kickstarter. Which I think, in all honesty , means I might have a slightly biased view.
For me this series' strengths lie in character work and world building. This is not a straight out fantasy tale, as it includes so much steampunk I would call this steampunk fantasy (not a genre I recall delving in before unless Cherie Priest counts).
This is a world of airships and submersibles alongside tales of, and fears of the same, old ones/ancient blood. Half-bloods are feared and treated as second class citizens. No true gun play unless you count hand held crossbows. The ancient blood and full blood powers could have been better defined, but the basic idea falls somewhere along the lines of blood magic or the ability to use magic like powers.
Into this venue we have Dara, who early on is exposed as a half-blood searching for her true father, a machinist who can work on anything (but that's not always for the best), Roan a half blood forced into gladiatorial battles whom Dara and others help find his freedom. This is not the entire cast.
Roan is the one who struggles to hold onto to his own personal code of honor/conduct while dealing with humans who see him, at best, as a monster. Dara similarly try to hold true to both her quest and honor, but life's difficulties get in the way (she's just about to turn 18, and that is a significant story point).
There are secret societies, crosses and double crosses.
Quite an enjoyable read.
July 9, 2022
Was an enjoyable series and I am glad I read it. Overall wish it was longer and had more detail. It really felt like there was so much to the world and we as readers were just barely scratching the surface. The characters were enjoyable to read but I wish I could have seen more of the reasons they do what they do. Would try something else by the writer and illustrator in the future.
July 28, 2020
Great series and a super promising duo that I’ll be looking forward to more in the future. Great imagery and story running through it with themes of vengeance and sacrifice and what could be considered the greater good.
Pick them all up, they’re worth it!
Pick them all up, they’re worth it!
October 17, 2022
The art in this series was utterly gorgeous!
December 5, 2017
The triumphant conclusion. Spoilers ahead for the earlier work.
Opens with Caspian having deal with an issue from his past, and the whole company having to bolt. Then Dara, separate from them, learning more about Ancients. And the conclusion involves Mac showing off what she do with the watches -- and still more mechanical skills; Roan discovering things about Elnor and arguing with her; finding a man dying; missing sailors; and more.
Opens with Caspian having deal with an issue from his past, and the whole company having to bolt. Then Dara, separate from them, learning more about Ancients. And the conclusion involves Mac showing off what she do with the watches -- and still more mechanical skills; Roan discovering things about Elnor and arguing with her; finding a man dying; missing sailors; and more.
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