A Filthy Rich Death Trooper
With classes winding down I have few free moments to catch up on some reading. Two things that I have finished recently are Filthy Rich by Brian Azzarello / art by Victor Santos and Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber.
Filthy Rich is a graphic mystery novel that is a part of the Vertigo Crime series. It is a pulp style story about an old washed out football player who tries to make his living as a used car salesman. When this doesn’t pan out he turns to hired muscle for his bosses daughter. The story’s pace is nice. It moves the story along with revealing detail and good artwork. This is the first book that I have read in the series and am looking forward to checking out a few more.
The second book that I have checked out was Death Troopers. Death Troopers is one of the many novels that expands the Star Wars universe. This is the first SW book that I have read that isn’t directly based in the mythology set-up by the movies. (However they do sneak in Han Solo and Chewy into the mix even though it could have held it on its own.) Unlike all of the other books that I have read this is a horror specific novel. Just like with any good good horror title it takes a good while for the story to take shape but when it does it delivers. Imagine a stranded Imperial vessel with no signs of life, Emperor’s testing of a secret biological weapon and a prison transport ship. While the zombie theme maybe played out on Earth, it does take on a new meaning in the Star Wars universe. I enjoyed switching between reading the book and listening to the audio book. (The Star Wars audio books are most excellent with the use of sound effects and the original Star Wars score.)
I am glad to have gotten back to reading. Next up on the list is Michael Crichton’s Pirate Latitudes!
