Snowpiercer:
Vol 1 + 2 By Jacques Lob (2014/Titan Books/Hardcover/Comic
Book/Graphic Novel)
Books:
B
In
the future the planet has become a frozen wasteland, all life on the
planet is dead except for those on The Snowpiercer, a train
powered by a perpetual-motion engine. Over generations a class
system have evolved where the elite live on the front in luxury and
the poor lower classes are treated no better than chattel and forced
to live in the tail. Tired of the injustice and discrimination one
man starts a revolution and decides to move up to the front.
Part
One: The Escape - A lone man moves up from rear of the train to
discover elite are still living in luxury while the poor are starving
the in back. The elite however control the soldiers aboard the train
and will not have anyone disturb the system, let alone reach the
engine, but the real mystery is: where is the train going and what is
it purpose?
Part
Two: The Explorers - The Snowpiercer 2, the sister train
of the Snowpiercer, the survivors on this train do more than just
survive, but makes stops collecting relics, resources and other
survivors. As resources become scarce will they follow the same fate
as the original? All their hopes on them reaching the mythical
Promised Land.
This
was an apocalyptic story, there are no happy ends. Rather it is about
the human nature and what will humans do to survive. The lies, the
truth, the darker side of human nature, and what a man would kill
for. In the end if survival is what matters, then the right question
to ask is what are you willing to do and live with? As usual with
Titan Press, the print quality and paper quality are top rate and
makes these yet more gift-quality publications fans can be confident
in collecting.
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Ricky Chiang