Alkuteos: The Keeper (2022)
Kuvittaja: Marco Finnegan
Teksti: Tananarive Due & Steven Barnes
Ilmestymisaika: 2022 (ko.painos)
Kustantaja: Abrams ComicArts Megascope
Sivumäärä: 169
ISBN: 9781419751554
Muoto: Sid.
Peukku: q^^
*A young black girl finds herself trapped between desperation and her family’s dark history in this horror graphic novel by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes.
Aisha has suffered a devastating loss. Her parents were killed in a car crash, and now she must move to decrepit and derelict Detroit to live with her ailing grandmother. However, shortly after moving in, Aisha’s grandmother’s health rapidly deteriorates. With her dying breath, she summons the dark spirit that has protected their family for generations to watch over Aisha.
At first it seems that this spirit, whom Aisha refers to as the Keeper, is truly doing as her grandmother asked, caring for Aisha and keeping her safe. But it soon becomes clear that this being can only sustain itself by stealing life from others. As the Keeper begins to prey on the apartment building’s other residents, Aisha and her friends must come together to destroy it…or die trying.
Written by masters of horror Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, and dynamically illustrated by Marco Finnegan, The Keeper is a tale of loss, regret, and redemption. The story expertly uses horror as a way to talk about generational trauma and class tensions, and critiques the way we treat our most vulnerable citizens: our elderly and our children. What part of us is left when we lose everything we hold dear, and what will we do to protect what remains? The Keeper knows – but will you dare to find out?*
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