Author: Mike Carey | Illustrators: Peter Gross / Ryan Kelly / Dean Ormston / David Hahn | Page Count: 144
"You are the King of contrivance and manipulation, my Samael. But in that, as in all things, you learned from your Father."
Book 6 of 11 in the Lucifer series. Seeing as how it’s on the cover, I can say without crossing into spoiler territory that Lucifer has got himself a medium sized ship. Why or where he intends it to sail will be revealed if you read the book.
Sadly, the story is formulaic. After an intro that leaves you wondering what happened between the last book and this one, something that Carey has been careful to address up until now, the premise gets underway. In the tradition of Jason and the Argonauts, all manner of mythical creatures that exist merely to interfere and harm are encountered during the long and arduous voyage. The crew bicker and fight amongst themselves and against the nasties. That’s really all there is to it. I wanted them to succeed but wished they’d hurry the hell up and get to their destination. It felt like someone other than Carey was at the helm and was afraid to mess too much with the relationships, so instead they made everyone boring and ineffectual.
It's the mid-way point of the series and it functions as such. It closes the first half and opens the second. It’s essential you read it for a number of reasons that will eventually become clear but don’t expect it to peak your excitement meter like previous volumes have.
The book collects together Lucifer issues 36 - 41
2½ pools of thought out of 5
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