Farscape Uncharted Tales: D'Argo's Lament (Farscape (Boom Studios Hardcover)) [Hardcover]

Rockne S. O'Bannon (Author), Keith R. A. DeCandido (Author), Neil Edwards (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Farscape (Boom Studios Hardcover) | Publication Date: December 1, 2009

Ka D'argo lives on only in this pulse-pounding FARSCAPE collection set in continuity during season 3 between episodes "Revenging Angel" and "Fractures"! Follow the adventures of John Crichton's best friend D'argo as he's forced to not only save the day and end planetary war, he's got to do it all with mouthy Princess Jool along for the ride. And that means trouble!

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"...this is totally worth picking up... It's fun, fast-paced, and involves aliens fighting each other - everything a good space adventure needs." --Fandomania

"Seriously the book's pretty much perfect." --Comic Related

"...this is totally worth picking up... It's fun, fast-paced, and involves aliens fighting each other - everything a good space adventure needs." -- Fandomania

"Seriously the book's pretty much perfect." --Comic Related

About the Author

Keith R.A. DeCandido was born and raised in New York City to a family of librarians. He has written over two dozen novels, as well as short stories, nonfiction, eBooks, and comic books, most of them in various media universes, among them Star Trek, World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Marvel Comics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Resident Evil, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Farscape, Xena, and Doctor Who. His original novel Dragon Precinct was published in 2004, and he's also edited several anthologies, among them the award-nominated Imaginings and two Star Trek anthologies. Keith is also a musician, having played percussion for the bands the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players, the Boogie Knights, and the Randy Bandits, as well as several solo acts. In what he laughingly calls his spare time, Keith follows the New York Yankees and practices kenshikai karate. He still lives in New York City with his girlfriend and two insane cats.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Boom! Studios (December 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934506990
• ISBN-13: 978-1934506998
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,132,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars D'argo's Lament, May 6, 2010

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John J. Thomas III - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Farscape Uncharted Tales: D'Argo's Lament (Farscape (Boom Studios Hardcover)) (Hardcover)

I am going to try and avoid spoilers here but its kind of hard reviewing a product and not talk too much about what it contains... :)

Let me start off by saying I usually don't like prequels or books that take place between episodes of whatever and whatever. I had bad experiences with those with Star Wars and Star Trek novels that were placed in some time period and after reading them would go... Well if all that happened then then how does that mesh with what happened later in episode whatsits or novel whatsits. It's a big quibble of mine that usually prequels and works set in a time period during which other things in the series are going on tend to contradict what else happens or just doesn't fit in and leaves a bad taste over all. If you have read some of the old star wars or star trek books then you will know what I mean as some of the stuff just flat out contradicted things in the series or just didn't mesh well.

Thankfully this book doesn't fall into that hole. Dargo's Lament is set somewhere in the second season of the Farscape T.V. series (I think around the time of Revenging Angel but don't quote me on that). Simply put Dargo and Jool are off to acquire something Moya needs and it gets a bit more complicated then they anticipated. They have to go to a certain commerce planet to get what they need to find out that all commerce has ceased because two warring crime lords are trying to take over and as they are so evenly balanced they really need an outsiders help to tip the scales. Dargo and Jool just happen to land in the middle of this and... well if you saw For a few dollars more or some of the old good westerns then you know where things are heading. I have also seen the basic tale told in a couple of old samurai movies with toshiro melfune and others. Its an old tale but a good one and there is always a twist and turn in there somewhere.

It was nice to see some of the old plots and story arcs come back like Dargo being a General (think it was first mentioned in "Vitas Mortis" (episode two of the second season) and that the reason Jool is along is because Dargo promised to take her with him when he took his ship out for the first time (I forget which episode Jool gloated about that, think it was revenging angel). Anyways the story is fun, it was nice seeing Jool and Dargo again, it was simple and didn't fall into the trap many franchises do in trying to make every book or story involve some larger then life galactic threat and how the universe needs to be saved. This story fits right in with the time period of that season and after reading it you can still go back and watch the episodes of the series set around that time and everything fits in.

A bonus is that this story takes place where a short story from the Farscape Magazine took place and the short story was included so you get a bonus short story that's a sort of prequel to this one.

All in all I liked it and think it fits well. I have four of these books now, The Beginning of the end of the beginning, Strange Detractors, Gone and Back and Dargo's Lament and like all four (I have Dargo's Trial on order but it says it will take one to two months to ship... grrr...

Anyways I hope this review helps I wouldn't normally post one but as there were no other reviews present I thought I would try and help those considering this product. Thank you for your time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars D'argo's Adventures, April 17, 2011

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K. J. Smith (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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I was always a big fan of Farscape and D'Argo was an interesting character.
Now in these comics series we get to explore some of his back stories and side stories to the main series.
D'Argo's Lament is an excellent addition to the Farscpe Universe

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Frelling Awesome Farscape Comic!, November 27, 2011

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A. B White (Laurel, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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I love KRAD and Rockne's expansion of the Farscape universe! This was a wonderful series that ended way too soon. This particular comic, set during Season 3, was a fun romp that even made Jool seem interesting. D'Argo is such a great character, and it's nice to see him featured. Thanks, Keith and Rockne, and keep 'em coming!