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It's wicked good. Twelve issues (or two volumes) of Midnighter solo, then a Midnighter and Apollo miniseries to cap it off.

The first cover is the most Midnighter thing you've ever seen in your life.

Steve Orlando rocks. I need to give his Supergirl a proper shot, I remember reading the first volume and enjoying it but I didn't have the means to get into the run at the time. His Midnighter run is superb comics and deserved more love.

yooooooooo

The Warden, by Daniel M. Ford, first in the likewise-named series. About a necromancer guardian type who is sent to what seems to be a quiet posting in the middle of nowhere on what seems to be a quiet, nothing posting but of course turns out not to be.


It's a funny one coz it sets up like a cozy fantasy- in fact the opening is nearly identical to Emily Wilde's Enyclopedia of Faeries- but (as the profession implies) proves to be much more of an adventure-fantasy of the swords-and-sorcery stripe (not that Emily Wilde is action free). With a sideline in recovering from post-war trauma, since the area is in the aftermath of one. But it still keeps those cozy-fantasy genes too- there's a lot about friendship, and earning trust, and all that kind of thing. Honestly, it's one of the most charming things I've read in ages. Only slightly put out that Ford felt the need to end it on a cliffhanger- but since the second book is already out and the third due in a month, it's not that big of a deal.


Really excellent, highly recommended.



In the last couple days while laid up sick I've also read Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky, which is fine as you'd expect from him but not among his best for me, and Lord of the Empty Isles by Jules Arbeaux, a science-fantasy debut involving pirates, revolution, grief, and an unfortunate curse, which was good enough that I'll keep an eye out for more from the author without blowing my mind in its own right.

Adolescence, the new four-part miniseries on Netflix, is absolutely incredible, vital telivision. It's not an easy watch at all - about the murder of a 13 year old girl by a classmate- but it's a masterpiece on every level- writing, acting, and the technical side. Each episode is an unbroken oner (and they're all true oners at that, no hidden cuts), and each one uses that for a different purpose that supports the story.

Episode 3, particularly, is one of the best episodes of anything I've ever seen.