If you’re visiting the flying city of Amperstam without the latest printing of The Lurker’s Guide, you might as well be lost. This one-sheet is written, edited, and printed by Ashe, a girl raised on the streets of the flying city, and is dedicated to revealing its hidden treasures and deepest secrets—including many that the overcontrolling government doesn’t want anyone to know. The stakes are raised when Ashe accidentally uncovers the horror of exactly how Amperstam travels among the skies and garners the attention of those who would rather that secret be kept in the hands of the city’s powerful leaders. Soon Ashe is on the run from thugs and assassins, faced with the choice of imperiling her life just to keep publishing, or giving in to the suggestion of a rich patron that she trade in her voice and identity for a quiet, comfortable life. It’s a war of confusion for Ashe, but one thing is very clear: just because you live in a flying city, you can’t always keep your head in the clouds.
The Battle of Blood and Ink: A Fable of the Flying City
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“The Battle of Blood and Ink is a great read. Engaging heroine, sinister adversary, mysterious sky captain, intriguing world, fascinating setting—all taking flight in the first dozen pages. I very much want to see what happens next and where the story leads, not just for this volume but many more to come. Bravo, Axelrod and Walker!”
—Chris Claremont, award-winning writer of Uncanny X-Men
About the Author
. He is a founding member of the daily flash-fiction website 365 TOMORROWS, and the writer and producer of the science fiction podcasts “The Voice ff Free Planet X” and the serial “Aliens You Will Meet,” as well as “Fables of the Flying City,” a podcast set in the world of The Battle of Blood and Ink. He lives in Philadelphia. STEVE WALKER illustrated the graphic novel Sons of Liberty by Alexander Lagos and Joseph Lagos. He has done work for Image Comics and has been featured in Dr. Sketchy’s Official Rainy Day Coloring Book. He attends several comic conventions a year, where he sells commissioned drawings of superheroes. Walker lives in Philadelphia.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
As a fan of all things steampunk, I was thrilled to get my hands on this graphic novel. I read it in one sitting, and can't wait to read what I'm sure will be more wonderful works by this author. The characters are well developed and the storyline flows smoothly.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
If you have not check out this author's website fabelsoftheflyingcity you should! It's entertaining and beautifully illustrated. You can check out some news, what this author has done and book is about, leave comments, and then watch a preview video/podcast of fabels of the flying city - It will probably help you to decide if you want to read and own this book or not.
About the characters and plot: The plot is well written and the language is good.
Ashe, the young heroine, is a beautiful and capable young woman with a little amnesia. Like any of us, she has made some bad decisions in her life, but she wants to make up now. During this story she seems to grow up to be more adult-like and to learn to appreciate what is valuable in life.
Tolban Ring is Ashe's friend and a first class pilot.
Ashe and her friend Tolban are committed to publishing their one-page newspaper The Lurker's Guyde to Amperstam, which exposes the emperor Provost of the flying city of Amperstam. But Ashe stumbles upon a dangerous secret, and she can't print it. Ashe becomes a a member of the Aerial Guard, and finds herself rebelling against the empire!
Axelrod and Walker's graphic novel is a sequel to the podcast of Fables of the Flying City, which are available at the website mentioned earlier in this review.
About the characters and plot: The plot is well written and the language is good.
Ashe, the young heroine, is a beautiful and capable young woman with a little amnesia. Like any of us, she has made some bad decisions in her life, but she wants to make up now. During this story she seems to grow up to be more adult-like and to learn to appreciate what is valuable in life.
Tolban Ring is Ashe's friend and a first class pilot.
Ashe and her friend Tolban are committed to publishing their one-page newspaper The Lurker's Guyde to Amperstam, which exposes the emperor Provost of the flying city of Amperstam. But Ashe stumbles upon a dangerous secret, and she can't print it. Ashe becomes a a member of the Aerial Guard, and finds herself rebelling against the empire!
Axelrod and Walker's graphic novel is a sequel to the podcast of Fables of the Flying City, which are available at the website mentioned earlier in this review.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been following the creative goodness from Jared Axelrod for quite a while. To match his writing with an honest to goodness graphic novel cranks up the awesomeness level. Of course, Steve Walker brings the art.
Steam punk has gotten hot lately, but this is a product that predates the "fad", so you get the yummy freshness. Jared is so steam punk, that all you have to do is go to the steam punk entry on Wikipedia and the face you will see there is his (literally). {O.K. the lady in the picture is lovely, but after a bit look over and the guy is Jared himself.}
This book is definitely on my personal recommend list :)
Steam punk has gotten hot lately, but this is a product that predates the "fad", so you get the yummy freshness. Jared is so steam punk, that all you have to do is go to the steam punk entry on Wikipedia and the face you will see there is his (literally). {O.K. the lady in the picture is lovely, but after a bit look over and the guy is Jared himself.}
This book is definitely on my personal recommend list :)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great heroine fighting a just cause
Ash is a strong protagonist, who publishes her own newspaper to fight against inequality in the city in the air. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Dennis McMullen
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent graphic novel
I've been following Jared's exploits for quite some time. As such I listened to the Fables of the Flying City podcast when it first came out. Read more
Published 7 months ago by D. Scott Roche
3.0 out of 5 stars
bit simplistic but generally enjoyable
The Battle of Blood and Ink is a graphic novel by Jared Axelrod and Steve Walker set on the flying city of Ampersand. Read more
Published 11 months ago by B. Capossere
4.0 out of 5 stars
fascinating graphic steampunk thriller
Amperstam is unique as the only flying city. The city's leader is the powerful Provost who runs an extremely tight ship. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Harriet Klausner
