Silent Leaves: The Last Bondsman #1 2006 VF

Author: Christopher Shy
Art: Christopher Shy

A gorgeous, atmospheric masterwork of dark science-fantasy unfolds in Soul Stealer: The Prey, a standalone graphic novel written and illustrated by visionary creator Christopher Shy. The narrative plunges readers into a grim, beautifully realized future shaped by an ancient apocalypse. Five centuries earlier, an unstoppable, predatory collective known only as the Prey tore through human civilization, pushing mankind to the absolute brink of total extinction. Civilization was only saved by the sudden intervention of the Bondsmen—an enigmatic, elite order of protectors whose mystical abilities and advanced combat tactics successfully drove the monsters back into the shadows, cementing a long, uneasy peace.

Now, exactly 500 years after that catastrophic conflict, the ancient truce is shattered. As early warning outposts along the perimeter begin failing, humanity realizes with absolute horror that the Prey have returned, stronger and more organized than ever before. To survive the impending onslaught, a fractured global military must look to the history books, racing against time to uncover the lost secrets of the long-dormant Bondsmen. Utilizing his signature, jaw-dropping painted digital-collage art style—previously seen in acclaimed works like Ascend—Christopher Shy crafts a hauntingly cinematic, deeply layered epic of survival, sacrifice, and galactic war across 48 pages of lush visual storytelling.

This title features a hand drawing and signature inside the cover by Christopher Shy.

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