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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the UNNATURAL ORDER Vol. 1: The Prisoner by Christopher Yost & Val Rodrigues Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About the Book
ZERO DARK THIRTY meets LORD OF THE
RINGS and GAME OF THRONES in UNNATURAL ORDER Vol. 1: The Prisoner,
a genre-blending tale of dark fantasy, science fiction, and action-adventure by
writer/creator Chris Yost (co-creator of Marvel's X-23 and writer of films
(THOR: Ragnarok) and series STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN) and artist Val
Rodrigues where the world is not how it's supposed to be.
EVERYONE WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
One will transform it.
One will save it.
One will destroy it.
After the fall of the Britons and the Roman invasion of Hibernia, the captive
known only as the Druid is released, sending darkness across the world…an age
of horrors, fire, and entrails. As the innocent burn in the Wicker fields,
those who would resist learn of the existence of a man who even the Druid
fears. For it is this prisoner, a soldier from a different time, who alone
knows the Druid’s secret: this is not how the world is supposed to be.
Collects issues #1- 4 of the gripping, genre-bending, action-packed sci-fi dark
fantasy series!
For fans and readers of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Rainbow
Six (Tom Clancy), Rainbow Six: SIEGE (video
game); Timeline (Michael Crichton), The Man
in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick), The Castaways in
Time series (Robert Adams), Seven to Eternity(Rick
Remender / Image Comics), Black Science(Rick Remender &
Matteo Scalera / Image Comics), Vanish (Donny Cates
/Image Comics), Barbaric(Michael Moreci & Nathan C.
Gooden / Vault), Brandon Sanderson’s Dark One (Vault), Monstress (Marjorie
Liu and Sana Takeda / Image Comics), The Sacrificers (Rick
Remender / Image Comics), Briar (Christopher Cantwell
& German Garcia / BOOM!)Coda (Simon Spurrier &
Mattias Bergara / BOOM!), Once Upon A Time at the End of the
World (Jason Aaron & Alexandre Tefenkgi / BOOM!), Something
is Killing the Children (James Tynion and Werther
Dell'Edera /Image), Grim, W0rldtr33 (James Tynion, Jordie
Bellaire, Fernando Blanco / Image), Conan the Barbarian, and Hellboy
From writer Chris Yost ,(co-creator of X-23, writer of-men,
Amazing Spider-man, Batman, Avengers, and more!), films (Thor:
Ragnarok and Secret Headquarters), television/streaming (Star
Wars: The Mandalorian and Cowboy Bebop), and in-demand artist
Val Rodrigues!
Billy's Review
UNNATURAL ORDER Vol. 1: The Prisoner is an intriguing blend of Spartans, Druids, and horror, but the story is misguided by having too many characters for a reader to follow. Just as one character gets introduced, a new character is brought into the fold a few pages later. It gets confusing at times, at least storywise. I did like the "prisoner" twist, which I didn't see coming at the end of the first issue. By the way, this volume collects four issues—Issues #1–4.
The illustrations save this graphic novel from being a complete disaster. They have a weird mashup blend of metal rock and Hellboy. There's action, blood, and plenty of weirdness.
Despite shortcomings with the story—which borrows a bit from Stephen King's Dark Tower novels—I still had fun reading UNNATURAL ORDER Vol. 1: The Prisoner, many thanks to the fantastic artwork. ╌★★★✰✰
About Christopher Yost
CHRISTOPHER YOST (he/his) has written for films (THOR: RAGNAROK, SECRET HEADQUARTERS),
television (STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN, COWBOY BEBOP) and animation (the
upcoming TIGER’S APPRENTICE and Seth Rogen’s TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA
TURTLES), but his first love has always been comic books, where he’s written
for AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, X-MEN, BATMAN, AVENGERS and his own original series
KILLER OF DEMONS.
Yost lives and works in Los Angeles, California and he can be found on
X/Twitter @Yost and Instagram @versus_yost.
Unnatural Order from Vault Comics has been cooking in his head for about 10 years, representing his desire to find a modern-day take on the sword and sorcery genre after years of sci-fi and superheroes. It’s a mash-up of military and fantasy stories, and the idea of a group of dungeon crawlers in a helicopter gunning down a dragon so they can go fight a wizard who’s taken over a nuclear power facility felt like a tale that needed to be told.
About Val Rodrigues
VAL RODRIGUES is a Brazilian comic book artist.
He lives in São Paulo with his wife Miriam and their two cats Chico and Frida.
Val is the artist for UNNATURAL ORDER with writer Christopher Yost for Vault
Comics. His previous published work includes Deep Roots (Vault Comics) and MEZO
(A Wave Blue World).
Giveaway Details
2 winners
will receive finished copies of UNNATURAL ORDER Vol. 1: The Prisoner, US Only.
Ends July 20th, midnight EST.
Tour Schedule
Week One:
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6/17/2024 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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6/18/2024 |
Review or Excerpt |
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6/19/2024 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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6/20/2024 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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6/21/2024 |
Excerpt |
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6/22/2024 |
Val Rodrigues Interview/IG Post |
Week Two:
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6/23/2024 |
Excerpt |
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6/24/2024 |
Excerpt |
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6/25/2024 |
IG Review |
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6/26/2024 |
IG Review/TikTok Post |
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6/27/2024 |
IG Review |
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6/28/2024 |
IG Review |
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6/29/2024 |
Review |
Week Three:
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6/30/2024 |
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7/1/2024 |
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7/2/2024 |
IG Review/TikTok Post |
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7/3/2024 |
IG Review |
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7/4/2024 |
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7/5/2024 |
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7/6/2024 |
IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post |
Week Four:
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7/7/2024 |
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7/8/2024 |
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7/9/2024 |
IG Review |
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7/10/2024 |
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7/11/2024 |
IG Review/TikTok Post |
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7/12/2024 |
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7/13/2024 |
IG Review |
Week Five:
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7/14/2024 |
IG Review |
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7/15/2024 |
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7/16/2024 |
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7/17/2024 |
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