Reprinting Alexis Deacon's Geis Vol. I: A Matter of Life and Death
and Geis Vol. 2: A Game Without Rules in a brand-new format with a
stunning new cover.
Fans of high fantasy, especially those who have read the adventures of a
certain boy wizard and now want something with more teeth to it, will
enjoy this book.
--STARRED REVIEW, School Library Journal
"Tangled forests, deserts, bat-filled caverns, rivers, and medieval
towns are rendered in loose brushwork with clumps of gorgeous detail, a
meeting of Maurice Sendak and Pieter Bruegel."
--Publisher's Weekly
"Readers will give themselves over to the dreamlike, immersive
narrative."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Utterly fascinating."
--Youth Services Book Reviews
"Gorgeously drawn and full of characters to root for--and against.
--Slate, Slate's 10 Favorite Comics of 2016
"An engrossing fantasy tale that manages the neat trick of seeming both
familiar and fresh."
--The AV Club
"This first volume in an anticipated trilogy is a lightning paced,
tragic, and gripping start; readers will eagerly await the next
outing."
--STARRED REVIEW, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
a genuinely exciting fantasy book, with interesting characters and
plot...I was turning every page as fast as I could just to see whatever
happened next!
--Comics Vs. The World
Easily the best thing I've read all year without doubt....you will lose
all sense of time and place while reading.
--11 O'Clock Comics
"The best thing published this year [...] Like Squid Game in a fantasy
setting." --11 O'Clock Comics podcast
After an evil sorceress casts a spell, a community is sent into a
tailspin, fighting for survival. Book one of the mind-bending graphic
novel series, featuring gripping action, supernatural mystery, and
magical fantasy worlds where fifty souls battle in a contest to become
the ruler of an island. A stunning fantasy epic unlike any other!
