What lurks beneath the shadowy sea?! A horrifying take on the epic battle between good and evil. After receiving a distress call from another submarine off the coast of Syria, the crew of the U.S.S. Nebraska searches a series of massive caverns. There they discover a shipwrecked 70-year-old Soviet sub whose crew died under mysterious circumstances. While investigating the mystery of the sub's demise, the away team for the Nebraska discovers a massive underground sanctum dedicated to Môt, the ancient Ugarit god of death. As mysterious events start to occur onboard, the away team soon discovers that the sanctum was not constructed to worship Môt...it was built to imprison him. Now they must find a way to escape the death god's prison without freeing him to wreak destruction upon the world.
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Like the movie Alien, this graphic novel, originally published in France, pits a crew against a marauding monster, but here, the setting is in the ocean depths. In 2029, the crew of a submarine, the U.S.S. Nebraska, discovers the wreck of a Cold War–era Russian sub that in turn leads to the sanctum of the title. Constructed by the ancient Ugarit civilization, it lies within massive undersea caverns. Dorison creates suspense through the crew's efforts to raise their own damaged sub to the surface. But though he tries to generate drama through character conflicts, none of his cast has a vivid personality. Nor do the individuals look sufficiently distinct from each other in Bec's naturalistic drawing style. While exquisitely drawn and colored, the artwork is too static for what should be a thriller. Dorison reveals that the sanctum was built to imprison Mot, the Ugarit god of death, an inferior copy of the monsters done better by H.P. Lovecraft. All told, this workis an adequate but derivative thriller. (Mar.)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
not the best dorison,
This review is from: Sanctum
allthough it's kind of static in the drawings it's an okay read.
typical european style fantasy/tech-thriller. i must say it's not the best Dorison read. watch out for 'the third testament' or 'prophet'. Also his take on XIII is very good.
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Fabulously awful,
By Listening Closely (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sanctum
Sanctum is a turgid technothriller which you can't put down until it's finished, then you'll want to throw it in the trashcan and wash your hands. It's just one startlingly stupid plot turn after another. Dan Brown would be proud. The author has drawn inspiration from Brown, epic Hollywood movies, and a little bit of Mike Mignola. That last part keeps it from becoming wholly inedible.
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