A review by crookedtreehouse
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior, Volume 1: Risen by Robert Venditti
4.0
You don't need to be familiar with anything in the Valiant Universe to pick up this series.
Imagine an immortal Conan The Barbarian. He fights to protect his village, his nation, the world, the universe. He "dies". When he "dies", he recuperates in the presence with his first love, and his children, all of whom died tragically thousands of years ago. He gets to relax and enjoy their company, and then he has to fight his way through a Hellscape in order to return to the world of the living.
This book could have easily been cloying or boring. Instead, I enjoyed the back and forth between the peaceful family scenes, and the escape through Hell. I also really appreciated that, apart from mentioning that Mister Darque (the worst villain in the Valiant Universe) was the one who killed him, we see him battling a whole new set of demons, and when he wakes up, we're presented with a completely different scenario from when the character last "died".
I'm excited to see where this series goes.
Imagine an immortal Conan The Barbarian. He fights to protect his village, his nation, the world, the universe. He "dies". When he "dies", he recuperates in the presence with his first love, and his children, all of whom died tragically thousands of years ago. He gets to relax and enjoy their company, and then he has to fight his way through a Hellscape in order to return to the world of the living.
This book could have easily been cloying or boring. Instead, I enjoyed the back and forth between the peaceful family scenes, and the escape through Hell. I also really appreciated that, apart from mentioning that Mister Darque (the worst villain in the Valiant Universe) was the one who killed him, we see him battling a whole new set of demons, and when he wakes up, we're presented with a completely different scenario from when the character last "died".
I'm excited to see where this series goes.