Book Review: The 7th Sword

Book: The 7th Sword (issues #1-7) by John Raffo with illustrations by Nelson Blake II and Nur Iman

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: April 28, 2015

Publisher: IDW Publishing

Description:

Daniel Cray — a samurai mercenary — stumbles upon the legendary city of ZenZion, a mysterious desert outpost under siege from a vicious warlord.

The peace-loving citizenry beg Cray to defend them… forcing Cray to reluctantly draw his deadly “Malathane” sword one last time to battle a relentless army of robots and their savage masters.


Rating: 1 star

Review:

I have two ways of describing this: boring and predictable. This is one slow moving story with very forgettable characters.

The 7th Sword is set in a futuristic world, the story follows Daniel Cray a samurai who was biding his time working as a mercenary for hire until he could save up enough money get back to Earth. However, the caravan he was traveling with was attacked and only him and Aaron, a teenage boy survived.

After he passed out in the sand, they were captured and taken to a hidden village. While there Daniel was accused of being a spy for their enemy but as soon as the town was attacked, Cray was given the chance to help train some of the townspeople for the impending fight in exchange for his freedom and a way back to Earth.

Predictability ensues as they prepare and train and take the fight to the enemy. This was such a drag to read I'm surprised I even finished reading it.