“VASSALOVKA”They are the Family who birthed the Dragon, who stole their Territory before the ink of Macau was dry, who are feared by friend and foe alike. Now, with the start of “Fracture,” the time has come to meet the one opponent both Carlyle and Hock fear. This is the land of the Zmey. This is Vassalovka.
Greg Rucka, is an American comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as Action Comics, Batwoman: Detective Comics, and the miniseries Superman: World of New Krypton for DC Comics, and for novels such as his Queen & Country series.
3.5 stars This is still solidly imaginative geopolitical world-building, but it’s not quite as interesting to me without the first hand knowledge of Russian culture and geopolitics to compare it too like I had for the Carlyle and Hock versions of future US territories.