- Paperback: 152 pages
- Publisher: Oni Press; illustrated edition edition (Feb 17 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 192999849X
- ISBN-13: 978-1929998494
- Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 16.8 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 259 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,062,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
This fun espionage thriller overflows with geopolitical intrigue. Written with obvious relish by Rucka, author of the Atticus Kodiak novels, and rendered in stark b&w, cinematic panels by Fernandez, this work finds the British security team S.I.S. in a post-September 11 world, ready to strike at any potential terrorist threat. When a Lebanese citizen walks into a British embassy in Cairo and says he has information about a potential attack on British citizens, the unit moves into action across the globe, from Sarajevo to Rome, before finally tracing their villain in Osaka, on the verge of unleashing poison gas at a World Cup match. The characters, who are a typical blend of the tough guy, the pretty boy, the tough girls, etc., are somewhat interchangeable, but the action moves along at a brisk, suspenseful pace. In fact, Rucka does something unusual with the genre: his heroes appear to stumble a bit until they just happen upon the puzzle's solution at the very end. Most of the knock-down, drag-out action occurs as the characters chase various leads around the world. The actual ending-a simple shoot-out-is a pleasantly subdued way to end a story that's really about the chase anyway. Rucka focuses on detective work instead of highlighting heroics. There are a few forgettable subplots (one romantic, one political) but this book's pleasure lies in following the chase's twists and turns. Rucka and Fernandez accomplish this almost as well as any novel or film of the genre.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Collecting issues 8-12 of the Eisner-winning miniseries. Tara Chace races against the clock to stop a terrorist plot to unleash Sarin gas on the British citizenry-all in the midst of a burgeoning romance between herself and fellow Minder Ed Kittering. Presented in both trade paperback and a special hardcover strictly limited to initial orders. Featuring an exclusive gallery section.
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The British spook house sets up shop in Iraq, May 11 2007
By DJ Joe Sixpack - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Queen and Country Vol 3: Operation Crystal Ball (Paperback)
"Operation Crystal Ball": The continuing adventures of British secret agent Tara Chase find her, in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, enmeshed in the politics of Middle Eastern terrorism. One member of her group paratroops into Iraq on a covert mission, while Chase heads elsewhere, with explosive results. As with the earlier volumes, this story zips along at a brisk clip, although with the tilt towards Middle Eastern politics, one sense that the series could get mired down. The intrusion of real life and (real) recent history has its troubles. For one thing, author Greg Rucka gets the whole Iraq-sponsoring-Al Qaida thing wrong (as did a lot of people at the time...) and references to places that were then unfamiliar seem a little iffy seen after several years of war abroad. A new artist is brought on board, as well, and some readers may have a hard time with the transition into Leandro Fernandez's work... I was put off by his tendency towards cariacature and grotesquery; in particular, I disliked his stylized, hypersexualized portrayal of Ms. Chase in the first episode, where suddenly she has a pencil-thin waist, a jutting, angular bosom and pouty Angelina Jolie lips.. Fernandez tones it down in later issues, but the radical shift in how Chase is presented was depressing: the point of her character seemed to be what a hard case she was, not that she was some tight-shirted, nerd-fantasy pinup girl. Oh, well. I still zoomed through the book and ran out to get the next one, so I suppose it was okay in the end. Still definitely worth checking out!
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