Amilcar Pinna

Because of a library sticker on the cover, I didn't realize this book was part of the Valiant Universe when I picked it up. But I still tried reading it, hoping it would be aimed at a more general audience like the Faith books, but it turned out to be hip deep in the continuity of the Anni-Padda brothers (Eternal Warrior, Timewalker, and Armstrong), and I've never really read any of their titles in any incarnation.

This is basically a story about a grouchy immortal woman who swears a lot in @#$ symbols, which really makes her look pretty silly. Also, she inspires bloodlust in others so they go berserk on their enemies or turn against themselves, resulting in plenty of gore. Over the centuries she mixes herself up with Genghis Khan and one of his descendants, Marco Polo, and Vlad Tepes (Dracula).

Unfortunately, the character and everyone around her is unlikeable and the storytelling is a scattershot, choppy, hard-to-follow mess. This is the third sup-par book I've read by Tini Howard (see: Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It and Assassinistas), so I'm thinking I need to start remembering her name so I can start avoiding her work in the future.

Art's okay though.… (meer)