What do you think?
Rate this book
Grey Area: A Long Way Home
The stunning second volume of the dystopian satire of alien immigration cops!
North America, 2045. The Global Exo Segregation Zone (aka the ‘Grey Area’) is a huge holding area in Arizona housing aliens hoping to visit earth: a melting pot for disputes, crime and inter-species misunderstandings! The only thing standing in the way of chaos is the Exo Transfer Control squads: heavily-armed immigration cops that keep the peace and make sure everyone has their papers in order…
E.T.C. Captain Adam Bulliet has a lot on his plate; The Arakshu want revenge on humanity for their dead ambassador, increasing numbers of aliens are having rapturous visions, and his fraternisation with Officer Birdy isn’t nearly as discrete as he thought. Not to mention a dizzyingly colossal god star is descending on Earth, and Bulliet’s team are the ones suiting up to meet ‘n’ greet the second coming. But they might end up going further than they expect…
North America, 2045. The Global Exo Segregation Zone (aka the ‘Grey Area’) is a huge holding area in Arizona housing aliens hoping to visit earth: a melting pot for disputes, crime and inter-species misunderstandings! The only thing standing in the way of chaos is the Exo Transfer Control squads: heavily-armed immigration cops that keep the peace and make sure everyone has their papers in order…
E.T.C. Captain Adam Bulliet has a lot on his plate; The Arakshu want revenge on humanity for their dead ambassador, increasing numbers of aliens are having rapturous visions, and his fraternisation with Officer Birdy isn’t nearly as discrete as he thought. Not to mention a dizzyingly colossal god star is descending on Earth, and Bulliet’s team are the ones suiting up to meet ‘n’ greet the second coming. But they might end up going further than they expect…
- GenresGraphic NovelsComics
208 pages, Paperback
Published September 3, 2019
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
January 31, 2021
In short, this was disappointing. In its initial run (collected together in Grey Area: This Island Earth), Grey Area was fresh, full of satire for current events, and was well written/well drawn. This Island Earth was a 5 star book, so what the hell happened?
1) Even though Dan Abnett is back in the writers chair, the plot isn't as good. A lot of time is put into the God Star story (2 thirds of the book), and unfortunately it's just boring. Some magic did come back near the end, but I DNF'd close to the finish line.
2) The art is exclusively drawn by Mark Harrison. There's nothing wrong with it, but its jarring when compared to the previous instalment. Even down the main character of Bulliet looking completely different.
An amazing first outing, a terrible follow up
2/5
1) Even though Dan Abnett is back in the writers chair, the plot isn't as good. A lot of time is put into the God Star story (2 thirds of the book), and unfortunately it's just boring. Some magic did come back near the end, but I DNF'd close to the finish line.
2) The art is exclusively drawn by Mark Harrison. There's nothing wrong with it, but its jarring when compared to the previous instalment. Even down the main character of Bulliet looking completely different.
An amazing first outing, a terrible follow up
2/5
September 13, 2019
Libtards. Snowflakes. Faptards. Crapalanche.
The writing in Grey Area: A long way home isn't what I expected after the stellar first book, Grey Area: This island earth.
The first book was very well written and excellently drawn. This second book is a lot less serious or nuanced, which was the appeal of the first. Characters are sillier and feel more one dimensional. This still isn't a bad book. It just wasn't really for me.
The writing in Grey Area: A long way home isn't what I expected after the stellar first book, Grey Area: This island earth.
The first book was very well written and excellently drawn. This second book is a lot less serious or nuanced, which was the appeal of the first. Characters are sillier and feel more one dimensional. This still isn't a bad book. It just wasn't really for me.
March 20, 2022
More sci fi action fun with sassy dialogue, weird (occasionally sexy) aliens and hardware. Mark Harrison's art is spectacular but murky: it's really difficult to see what's happening for much of the time.The plot is fine and I enjoyed the amusingly-named alien sympathetic new alien team members. Unfortunately the satirical elements are too on the nose, alt right anti-immigration baddies all depicted with sledge hammer subtlety.
April 24, 2022
The art is a bit messed up, so it is not easy to figure out what is going on in some panels. But the story is spot on with all the violence, big guns and sexy things. Brilliant.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews