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Dead Seas
2023
First Published
3.29
Average Rating
160
Number of Pages

The New York Times-bestselling author of Star The High Republic – The Rising Storm turns to comics for this gruesome graphic novel takedown of the prison industrial complex—where the ghosts are real, dangerous, and incredibly valuable. Ghosts are real and dangerous. But they’re also valuable, their ectoplasm capable of curing countless diseases. There’s only one Harvesting the wonder drug can be just as deadly. Prisoner Gus Ortiz is willing to take the risk in return for a reduced sentence—anything to see his daughter again. All it will take is a few months at sea scraping ectoplasm off the walls of the Perdition, a floating prison containing the most vicious ghosts on Earth. Surrounded by dark waters, Gus soon realizes that angry spirits are the least of his worries. Lock yourself away and set sail for this daring adventure by New York Times-bestselling author Cavan Scott (Star The High Republic) and fan-favorite artist Nick Brokenshire (Star Wars Adventures).

Avg Rating
3.29
Number of Ratings
42
5 STARS
10%
4 STARS
26%
3 STARS
50%
2 STARS
12%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

Cavan Scott
Cavan Scott
Author · 192 books

is a freelance comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both Doctor Who and Star Wars, as well as comics and novels for Vikings, Pacific Rim, Sherlock Holmes, and Penguins of Madagascar. Cavan Scott, along with Justina Ireland, Claudia Gray, Daniel Jose Older, and Charles Soule are crafting a new era in the Star Wars publishing world called Star Wars: The High Republic. Cavan's contribution to the era is a comic book series released through Marvel Comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic.

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