Michael Moreci & Kyle Charles “Roche Limit Volume 2”
(Image, 2016)
The Roche limit is the minimum distance to which a
large satellite can approach its primary body without being torn apart by tidal
forces.
In a sense like Icarus, then, flying too close to the
sun. And the concept is in play
throughout this crazy SF comic.
The story opens with a team arriving at a dead planet with a
mysterious cargo. Of course everything
after this goes cockeyed. It turns out
that there have been many other missions that they haven’t been told about. And
the planet isn’t actually dead. And their cargo may just mean the end of the
human race.
Familiar (but awesome) story elements abound: unknowable
aliens, robots of dubious loyalty, evil corporations, teams who don’t get
along. They all come into play in fun
ways. I was continually wondering what would happen next.
Roche Limit is a dark violent science fictional
thriller. It’s an edge of your seat sort
of read, one that I kept thinking would make an excellent movie.
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