Each month I'll pick an Indy book that made me say "WOW" and hype it until I can hype no more! This month it was hands down "Brodie's Law" from Ronin Studios.

 

Story

 

The country of Stinwan has always been a boiling point for violence and bloodshed in the embattled Middle East . For six years, Stinwan has suffered through a civil war that threatens to destroy the entire nation. Only a

peace treaty brokered by the United Nations is able to finally end the fighting between

the Stinwanese armed forces

and their enemies from the mountains, the Kilipanese. Unfortunately, not all the combatants involved are

satisfied with the stalemate,

most notably Colonel Akbar Assan, a fierce warrior from the Stinwanese army who gives up

his official position and, along with a band of loyal and equally-homicidal followers, go rogue to inflict a new war of terror against the Kilipanese… and any others who dare stand in their way.

 

Assan’s campaign is one of attrition, utilizing ethnic cleansing as a means to an end in his unholy war, including the wholesale massacre of Kilipanese children. 
 

 

 

IMH ARCHIVES

 

 

 

Preview Below!

 


 

His numerous atrocities are enough to catch the attention

of a horrified world, and the

United States covertly sends in an elite 3-man team of special

forces soldiers, known as

Team Orphan, to investigate the slaughter taking place in Stinwan’s Kilipan Mountains.

 

When they arrive, they are shocked to discover that the

mass gravesites they are guided to have all been mysteriously emptied, with no clues as to what has happened to the bodies of the murdered Kilipanese children. As the mystery of the empty graves widens, and as Colonel Assan continues his rampage against the innocent, Team Orphan’s leadership finally decides enough is enough, and orders the team to assassinate the Colonel and destroy his small army of terrorists.

 

CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE is the story of this mission.

 

 

 

 

“In war, people die,

and it is never like

what we see on TV."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Children of the Grave in Indy Installation!

 

 

 

 Team Orphan – Lieutenant Michael “LT” Drake, Sergeant Reginald “Shiv” Reese, and Sergeant Pedro “Lil’ Pete” Rodriguez, in their quest to rid the world of the maniacal Assan, will soon learn that they are not the only ones who seek his death. Assan’s many small victims –- the children he has destroyed – have somehow returned from the dead, bent on revenge, and Team Orphan is caught in the middle, wondering who they should fear most: Colonel Assan, themselves, or the CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE?

CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE is written by Tom Waltz and illustrated by Casey Maloney. It is a stark tale of terror, war, loss and redemption, which Waltz describes as his, “fantastical look at a brutal reality. Ethnic cleansing is all-too-real, as is the murder of innocents throughout the globe by terrorist groups, who will stop at nothing until they shape the world into their own fundamentally-twisted vision.”

Intended for Mature Readers, no holds have been barred in the creation of CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE. “This is not a pretty topic,” Waltz explains of the story.  “In war, people die, and it is never like what we see on TV. Casey Maloney has done a stupendous job of depicting the blood-and-guts harshness of battle, as well as the dark foreboding of a supernatural mystery.  And, from my own experiences in the military, soldiers cuss… A LOT . So does Team Orphan. This is not a Sunday stroll through the park, folks.”

CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE, a 4-issue mini-series, will hit store shelves in January 2005, and will be published bi-monthly. Waltz remains mum as to whether this is the only time we see Team Orphan, but guarantees one thing:  “Casey and I will definitely be working together again soon. We’ve developed a fantastic writer/artist relationship during the creation of CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE, and are anxious to get together on new projects in the future for Shooting Star Comics.”

Publisher: Shooting Star Comics
Publication Date: On Sale January, 2005
Format: 32 Pages B&W with color cover, bi-monthly, four-issue mini-series
Age Range: 16+
Genre: War, Sci-Fi, Horror
Price: $2.95
Diamond Preview Number: NOV042877 (page 313)

Tom Waltz has been a long-time staff writer for the Writer's Digest award winning Cyber Age Adventures Magazine (www.ihero.net) from iHero Entertainment. CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE is his first solo title under the iHero Entertainment banner. He will also have two Cyber Age Adventures short stories appearing soon in the upcoming "iHero Presents #1" (also from Shooting Star Comics -- www.shootingstarcomics.com/iheropresents.html, as well as a short in the soon-to-be-released "Sorrow #0" from Dark Elf Productions --www.freewebs.com/thesorrow/index.htm. The Sorrow comic is being released in support of the children's charity known as Protect.org. Also, He has written 5 issues for the on-line UK comic "Night Warrior", and is slated to write more in the future. "Night Warrior" will be relaunched in December at www.nw-comic.co.uk. Waltz is a former active duty Marine, Desert Storm Veteran, and served 5 years in the California National Guard as a Military Policeman. Learn more about Tom Waltz at www.tomwaltz.com.

The artist for CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE is an exciting newcomer out of L.A. named Casey Maloney. Casey's work will also be available in the "iHero Presents #1", "Sorrow #0", and "Night Warrior" projects mentioned above. More of Casey Maloney’s artwork can be seen at www.caseymaloney.com.

 

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