Artesia Afire (Artesia)

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Summary: Tolkein for the 21st Century
Review: This graphic novel won the Gold in ForeWord magazine's book awards, and it richly deserved it. In Artesia Afire, Mark Smylie has created a world the reader can get lost in. But this is not light escapism. In this world, the arts of war, magic, and eros intertwine in a deadly serious epic tale. Smylie mixes serious scholarship with boundless imagination to present a haunting world and an unforgetable hero. History, cartography, myth, linguistics, cultural and political theory, and beautiful art all give form to Artesia. It is the stuff of Tolkein.