Cinebook: Lonesome 3 -The Ties of Blood

 

Author: Yves Swolfs

Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 56 colour pages
Publication: January 2023

£8.99 Incl VAT

ISBN: 9781800440814

https://www.cinebook.co.uk/lonesome-3-the-ties-of-blood-p-4505.html

Markham, the murderous preacher, is dead at last. And yet, for the lone rider who tracked and killed him, the hunt goes on. Now he must find who was behind the preacher’s campaign of terror. He has a name – Senator Dawson of New York. But getting to his quarry won’t be easy; the man is powerful, rich, engaged in a conspiracy against the government of the United States … and that’s not even considering any other … less natural abilities he might possess …

Volume 1 appeared in August 2021 and volume 2 in May, 2022 so I was a little lost trying to remember what had gone before. No criticism of Cinebook as there a re many factors that decide when a book appears and those factors can often throw a spanner in the works.

Volumes 1 and two were posted here:

Vol. 1

https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2021/08/cinebook-9th-art-lonesome-1-preachers.html

Vol. 2

https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2022/05/cineboo-ltd-lonesome-2-ruffians.html

Yves Swolfs story comes to an end...or so it seems. The story is great and pulls you in. The art, also by Swolf, is absolutely lovely. The scenery, clothing as well as the atmospheric settings and, yeah, gun fights and chases are all rendered well. The colour work by Julie Swolfs cannot be added and gives the book that extra slap in the eyes you need.

I did say "WTF??" out loud at the revelations on the last page and then I said "WHAT??!!"  Can I wait another year (I do hope not) for volume 4? I am willing to. After those revelations and a book to follow titled The Sorcerer's Domain you can bet that Swolf just took this from a standard Western saga to the next level and, okay, I am hooked.

Check out Cinebook's site to order books 1 and 2 -and 3!

https://www.cinebook.co.uk/lonesome-c-143_368_426.html