Rating: 
Summary: Manning's best work ...
Review: This graphic novel is the tale of the Shaalis, an androgyne living a high tech mansion surround by her human pets and intelligent machines. Inside her special Garden, leather clad concubines wait to service her every whim while she engages in political machinations with her various other world peers.A somewhat convoluted plot, it has all the Manning signature elements of high quality illustration and incredibly inventive settings. This book is executed in Manning's heavy, black line illustration that is very reminiscent of Japanese wood cuts. The settings and the characters are original and beautifully rendered. This book has something to appeal (or offend) almost everyone - elaborate costumes, bondage, bestiality, female bisexuality and good old hardcore sex. Interesting and inventive - I can't wait to see the next book in the series, Hydrophidian.
Rating:
Summary: Manning's best work ...
Review: This graphic novel is the tale of the Shaalis, an androgyne living a high tech mansion surround by her human pets and intelligent machines. Inside her special Garden, leather clad concubines wait to service her every whim while she engages in political machinations with her various other world peers. A somewhat convoluted plot, it has all the Manning signature elements of high quality illustration and incredibly inventive settings. This book is executed in Manning's heavy, black line illustration that is very reminiscent of Japanese wood cuts. The settings and the characters are original and beautifully rendered. This book has something to appeal (or offend) almost everyone - elaborate costumes, bondage, bestiality, female bisexuality and good old hardcore sex. Interesting and inventive - I can't wait to see the next book in the series, Hydrophidian.
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