If you are incredibly wealthy and a loved one dies in an
accident, Reconnect can help you out (for a hefty fee). They’ll send their agents back in time to
just before the death. Seth & Mark
will snatch the person, fake the death, and in a few weeks you’ll be reunited
with the person that you had lost.
Unfortunately all of this is illegal, and the FBI has been investigating
for quite a while, hoping to get a good lead. Seth & Mark find themselves
caught between the FBI and their employers, who don’t have their best interests
in mind.
Ed Brisson has written a captivating mashup of hardboiled
crime dramas and time traveling chicanery.
That’s an interesting juxtaposition that you don’t encounter often. Yes, the plot is incredibly timey wimey and
very very confusing. Personally I found
this to be a feature, not a bug. The
characters themselves are confused and frustrated, and the plot complications
made their emotional states clearer.
Michael Walsh’s art is simple and dark, echoing the noir
tones in the story. It looks more like a
crime story than a SF one. Unfortunately
the dark tones and shadows mean that occasionally the details are lost, and it
can be difficult at times to determine exactly what is happening.
This isn’t a comic for everyone, but I found it to be a
great deal of fun. The plot twists kept
me guessing and wondering what could possibly happen next.
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