The Sacrificers Volume 1

by Rick Remender, Max Fiumara (Illustrator)

Overview

The critically acclaimed series from New York Times bestselling writer RICK REMENDER (LOW, DEADLY CLASS, Uncanny X-Force) and superstar artist MAX FIUMARA (Amazing Spider-Man, FOUR EYES, Lucifer) who take you through a dark science fiction world unlike anything you've seen before!

Tomorrow is a harmonious paradise thanks to five families who make everything perfect... for the price of one child per household. Now, as that bill comes due, a son expected to give everything for a family that never loved him, and an affluent daughter determined to destroy utopia, must unite to end one generation's unnaturally protracted reign.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534397897
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	04/02/2024
Series:	Sacrificers , #1
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	299,178
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rick Remender is the writer and co-creator of comics such as Fear Agent, Low, Deadly Class, Tokyo Ghost, Death or Glory, The Last Days of American Crime, Black Science, Crawl Space, A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance, Night Mary, The Sacrificers, The Scumbag, Seven to Eternity, Last Christmas, The Holy Roller, Napalm Lullaby, Grommets, and more. For Marvel he has written titles such as Uncanny Avengers, Captain America, Uncanny X-Force, and Venom. He's written video games such as Bulletstorm and Dead Space, and worked on films such as The Iron Giant, Anastasia, and Titan A.E. He and his wife reside in Los Angeles raising two beautiful human monkeys.

Max Fiumara is an artist operating out of Argentina with his brother Sebastián. He's currently working on FOUR EYES, his collaboration with Man of Action writer Joe Kelly.

Editorial Reviews

04/29/2024

Remender (the Uncanny X-Force series) and Fiumara (the Amazing Spider-Man series) unite for a thrilling fantasy set in a kingdom whose prosperity relies on its terrible secret: every year, one child from each common family is taken from their parents and sacrificed. This ritual follows a religious law rigorously enforced by flame-headed King Rokos, though there’s something even more sinister at the heart of the tradition. Remender skillfully divides the narrative between those chosen to be sacrificed (including the blue-feathered bird-being Pigeon and pious, placid Noom) and the high court, including Rokos’s rebellious daughter Soluna. Moments of profound sadness are mixed with weird beauty thanks to Fiumara’s phantasmagorical characters, who are both frightening and whimsical. The conceit will put readers in mind of The Hunger Games, Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” and The Wizard of Oz, but Remender’s keen attention to pacing and worldbuilding polishes it into a shining example of a familiar trope. Genre fans will eagerly anticipate future installments. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly