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Breath of Bones
A Tale of the Golem
2014
First Published
3.76
Average Rating
80
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Reprinting the 3-issue Dark Horse mini-series that is loosely based on the legends of the Golem of Prague. During the events of WWII, an allied plane crashes near a village populated predominately with Jewish citizens. This spawns an investigation by Nazi forces to find the pilot. The villagers hide the survivor and use river mud and clay to build a golem to battle the invaders in an attempt to safeguard their own lives as well as that of the pilot.

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3.76
Number of Ratings
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Authors

Steve Niles
Steve Niles
Author · 53 books

STEVE NILES is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence, and was recently named by Fangoria magazine as one of it's "13 rising talents who promise to keep us terrified for the next 25 years." Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers - Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. He got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison. Steve resides in Los Angeles in his bachelor pad with one cat. While there's no crawlspace, there is a questionable closet in one corner and no one is quite sure what is hidden in there...but we have an idea. —from the author's website

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