![]() ![]() There is an ideal balance of wordless panels and speech bubbles, allowing for the story to progress through both the illustrations and the text. An intriguing relationship exists between Colleen and a Derichet who seems kinder and more considerate than the rest, coaxing Colleen into a hesitant sympathy until he proves that he is, at his core, still part of a violent alien race. The risks she took before now feel different, both more unbearable and more important, as she becomes part of a rebel group that is trying to defeat the alien Derichets and make them leave. Colleen's determined to skim on the surface of life, loving no one because of the risk of loss, but when her niece reappears and a fiercely loyal man comes into her life, suddenly Colleen is swimming, perhaps drowning, in love. Now as a young woman she travels into the factory from her ruined manor house, sneaking bits of explosive material out and knowing that if she's discovered, she'll be in the mines or dead within minutes. In this powerful graphic novel, Colleen was a child of privilege until the alien overlords arrived and took over the planet. ![]()
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