Pariah, Issue #4
Title: Pariah, Issue #4
Author: Aron Warner and Philip Gellat
Illustrations by: Brett Weldele
Genre: Fantasy
Format: paperback (graphic novel)
Publisher: Sea Lion Books
Franklin Hyde.
A vitro.
Is he their savior or their condemner?
From birth Franklin Hyde was hidden. Hidden from prying eyes, from himself and even from his parents. He was an abomination. He was the dark spot to his parent's otherwise impeccable reputation.
Franklin was kept under lock and key, kept in the family home and abandoned of affection and love. His only companions were books.
Did that make him angry? Did that make him loathe himself…and others like him?
When news of the war against Vitro's hit the news Franklin decided that he was no longer going to hide. His parents had other ideas…
But being a vitro with a brilliant and conniving mind he was able to convince them to go along with his plan. His plan, he thought – he said, would help the Vitro's and give them a place to call their own.
He began helping the government to round up the Vitros.
But just when he thought his plan was going along the way he hoped, something changed. Something happened…
And it left me to wonder if Franklin Hyde really was trying to help the Vitro's and he was betrayed like he rest OR if perhaps this was his way of getting revenge on the very thing he seems to despise the most: who he is. A Vitro.
This was another fantastic installment of the Pariah Issues. Finally we get to learn about this Hyde. Finally we get a glimpse of his plans…but are they what we think they are?
We get to revisit some old favorites from previous issues and learn of a new challenge that befell them…
The ending was quite a shock. I will not reveal it here. (You didn't really think I would, did you?) But let me say that I didn't see that coming…how will the Vitros get out of this one?
My only thought on this is that they WILL get out of it, what was done to them will not last. You cannot throw a group of exceptionally intelligent people into this kind of situation and not expect them to come out on top…
And now, very likely, pissed off.
I, for one, would be frightened of what Maudsley will do as revenge.
Once, again the illustrations are brilliant and the scenes are very telling beyond the words. The further I go into the series the more I want. Sea Lion Books is putting out some quality work here. I would recommend this series to everyone, including people like me who are fairly new to graphic novels.
You better grab yourself a copy before there are none left on the shelves to grab.
So there you have it. My opinion.
This review is written by Cambria Hebert
