Petrograd

AvPhilip Gelatt

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Introducing the untold tale of the international conspiracy behind themurder of Gregorii Rasputin! Set during the height of the first World War, thetale follows a reluctant British spy stationed in the heart of the Russianempire as he is handed the most difficult assignment of his career: orchestratethe death of the mad monk, the Tsarina's most trusted adviser and the surrogateruler of the nation. The mission will take our hero from the slums of theworking class into the opulent houses of the super rich... he'll have tonegotiate dangerous ties with the secret police, navigate the halls of power,and come to terms with own revolutionary leanings, all while simply trying tosurvive!Based on historical documents and research, Petrograd is a tense,edge-of-your seat spy thriller, taking the reader on a journey through thebackground of one of history's most infamous assassinations, set against thebackdrop of one of the most tumultuous moments in 20th centuryhistory.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-08-16
Mått:152 x 229 x 33 mm
Vikt:712 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Läsålder:15+
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Oni Press,US
Illustratör:Tyler Crook
ISBN:9781934964446

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Philip Gelatt has worked in film, TV, comics, and video games. His work as writer and director includes the award-winning thriller They Remain, and the rotoscope-animated fantasy epic The Spine of Night. He was the writer of the 2013 sci-fi film Europa Report, and is the lead writer on the adult-animated Netflix series Love Death + Robots. In video games, he received a WGA award for his work on Rise of the Tomb Raider and has been working with Frictional Games on their follow-up to Soma. Gelatt lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife and son.Tyler Crook is a comic book artist and illustrator. For over two decades, he has worked as a comics creator, artist, and 3D modeler in the video game industry. Released in 2011, Petrograd was Tyler’s first published comic and earned Tyler the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award. Since then, he has worked on dozens of comics titles including B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Witchfinder, Bad Blood, and The Sixth Gun. In 2016, Harrow County, the horror comic he created with Cullen Bunn, was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best New Series, and his Comixology Original book, Stone King, was nominated for Best Digital Comic in 2019. Tyler lives in rural Oregon with his wonderful spouse and many terrible pets

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BOOKLIST-There aren't many murders with more intrigue attached tothem than the 1916 assassination of Grigori Rasputin--poisoned, stabbed, shot,and drowned in short order. Gelatt turns this still-unresolved event into atight, dialogue-heavy spy thriller built on evidence that the plot to kill themad monk was stirred up by the British SIS, intent on keeping Russia at war withGermany. The hero of sorts is British spy Cleary, who uses his connections inthe aristocracy to hatch the plot and his romantic dalliances with a youngBolshevik to help turn the revolution. Even with the inevitability of theoutcome, the drama stays propulsive, shifting the focus to how Cleary can escapethe tightening noose once he's left out to dry by his country and his Russianallies. Talented newcomer Crook, newly enlisted for Mike Mignola's B.P.R.D.,drapes the period settings in moody shadows and grim orange hues, while thesmart layouts and craggy-featured faces grind out tension by the pound. Asharply executed graphic novel, good for more than just historical espionagefans.--Ian Chipman