Library Journal Review

This masterly mashup of sf, theology, and espionage opens with a blindfolded man being questioned and beaten by a masked gunman in a scene rendered in an expressionistic wash of black and gray. Yet over the next few pages, the illustration changes, allowing for more concrete shapes and designs. By episode's end, in which the gunman loses interest and wanders off and the hostage returns to work as the CEO of a major multinational corporation housed in a spire reminiscent of the Tower of Babel, author/illustrator Anderson (Scream Queen) has shifted to a more definitive and straightforward cartooning style. This fascinating sequence perfectly sets the tone for the story that follows, in which detail and meaning emerge slowly but steadily. What is the connection between the business's head of security and the CEO's attacker? Why was the CEO assaulted in the first place? Is the corporation testing a machine that allows users to speak directly with God? Why does -everyone who uses the device return violently insane? VERDICT This genre-bending, mind-dazzling first volume in a projected ongoing series will have readers desperately awaiting future installments.-TB © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.