These Savage Shores - Rambling Readers

Paperback, 176 pages

English language

Published Aug. 20, 2019 by Vault Comics.

ISBN:: 978-1-939424-40-2
OCLC Number:: 1135626443

(1 review)

Two centuries after the first European ship sailed to the Malabar Coast and made landfall at Calicut, the East India Company seeks to secure its future along the lucrative Silk Route, in the year 1766. An old evil now sails aboard a company ship, hoping to make a home in this new found land. But he will soon find that the ground along the Indus is an ancient one with daemons and legends far older than himself. Along These Savage Shores, where the days are scorched and the nights are full of teeth.

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Frank Burns reviewed These Savage Shores by Ram V

Review of 'These Savage Shores' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Whilst reviewing a graphic novel might be seen as end of year numbers padding, I felt this one was strong enough to warrant a review. I normally only review novella length of longer.
A very strong 4.5 for this.
The art was luscious, the story had pace and rythm. There is a neat reversal going on here where the monsters of Europe meet the monsters of the sub-continent and things do not go as you would expect. A wonderful analogy for the progress of colonialism, told hand in hand with a tale of actual colonialism.
Highly recommended.