Birthright Volume 7: Blood Brothers
The Birthright series, Book 7
Joshua Williamson, illustrations by Andrei Bressan and Adriano Lucas
Image Comics
Fiction, YA Fantasy/Graphic Novel
**** (Good)
DESCRIPTION: At long last, Mikey has been freed from the influence of the Nevermind and reunited with his gideon wife, his newborn child, and his family... but the faun Kallista stole his brother Brennan. She means to train him as a mage, using him to subjugate both Terranos and Earth - and only Mikey can stop him. But to do so will mean using the magic that already corrupted him once and destroyed many lives, including his own.
REVIEW: As the series continues after the changes of the sixth installment, Brennan is drawn deeper into the forces of magic and the ongoing conflicts that brought down Terranos and could destroy Earth - forces that tap into the pain he still feels from Mikey's disappearance and the collapse of his family. From the older brother to the faithful sidekick, Brennan now becomes a potential nemesis... just as Mikey, still reeling from the horrors he unleashed while in the Nevermind's control, vows never to use magic again. Like the previous volumes, it reads quickly and has plenty of action (and more than a little gore), calling back to young Mikey's formative traumas in Terranos and his first taste of magic and the pain it requires. I'm not sure how much longer the series can continue - frankly, I think there's only one or two volumes left in the arc before it risks repetition or filler - but it's still a nice, dark twist on portal fantasies.
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