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Witchblade 2

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This book has a photo of Yancy Butter on the front and back cover. The contents of the book has the feel of the comic book world. If you never saw the show or read the comics you would still enjoy the book. It works well has a stand alone piece.

If you like Michael Moorcock "Hawkmoon" or Chicks in Chainmail edited by Ester Friesner then you will like this book finding it a easy, interesting, entertaining read.

Mr. Miller does not choose to use the cast of characters many of us are familiar with. Instead he takes Sara Pezzini out of her normal turf, off her regular beat, pairing her with some unlikely allies-the Parthenon of voodoo gods and goddess, an adherent of voodoun, a Catholic Priest, the leader singer of a Goth band and his brother. Miller does an excellent job telling his story, portraying the character, setting the scene and hooking you into the story. The book is fast pace, creative, introspective, touch on Pezzini relation with the blade and leaves no loose ends.

Mr. Miller if you are asked to write another story for the series, please do. If Warner Brothes call answer.

The world of Witchblade that Top Cow created nearly ten years ago blends the science fiction and drama aspects from the X-men and combines that with the detective foundations which can be found in Batman. "A Terrible Beauty" by John Miller in an entertaining stand alone book. Although the story reads and feels more like a comic book adaptation of the cult series, this book does not follow the timeline of the comic.

John Miller introduces the reader to the vernacular of the Voodoo culture and does a pretty good job using sensual discriptions to make underground New York City come to life. The main character of the story is Sara, but Miller throws in a lot of extras into the book, more so then usual. These side characters are mainly used as plot devices to help flesh out Sara. Jake and Joe Siry make apperances in the story; Jake being depicted as a incomptent cop who has a inferior puppy dog relationship with Sara. Siry is the tough nose police chief with just enough compassion and understanding to underline his father-esque love that he has for her.

"A Terrible Beauty" is defintly a stand alone book which does not follow the flow of either the TV series that came out in 2001 or the past and present of the comic book. Miller has a unique style to his writing, a somewhat dark and HP Lovecraft like feeling which he brings to the world of Witchblade. The strength of this story lies in the development of Sara and her interactions with the Witchblade. This tale has a decent balance of action, drama, romance, and mystery. There are times though when this story can focus to much on the occult.

In the end it is not the best Witchblade story that has been told on any medium, but a "Terrible Beauty" is not the worst either.

Quite impressive, John J. Miller would appear to know his voodoo. Not to suprising I suppose if you have read the parts of Wild Cards associated with that sort of thing. This was definitely better than 'Talons', which was a tad jumbled and incoherent. Not that Witchblade isn't like that at times, and sometimes deliberately so, but this book is definitely a solid piece of work. For those wondering, even though both Witchblade novels have Yancy Butler from the tv show on the cover, they are definitely more comic style stories. To quote "... and the cold metal appeared instatneously upon her body, encasing her thighs, breasts, and abdomen in its chilly embrace."

There is more inner dialogue between Sara and her weapon, as well. Having only read I suppose 60 or so Witchblade issues, there might be some of the tv characters in here, in Jake and Sara, with one just her partner, and the other less of the flighty chick, but a while since I have read those.

Anyway, an entertaining supernatural cop story. I have never read about anyone being arrested for 'corpse abuse', either. A nice touch, that one, plus throwing in a few Lovecraft stories as song titles for the Goth Rock bad was funny, too.