Ahhhh yet another graphic novel that has completely let me down. How is it that the blurbs for graphic novels sound so interesting, and their illustrations are brilliant, but the story just isn’t there? This is the second graphic novel in a row that has disappointed me so much, but oh well…

A grieving mother wakes in a brutal but fantastic landscape, where the currents of time pull her into the future, lurching forward days, years, and millennia. Her name is Shannon Kind, and her life in our world has vanished without warning. Perhaps she can find peace in her new home. Perhaps she can shape Zojaqan into a better world. But first, she must survive.

I have no idea what happened during this graphic novel. As soon as I finished it, I had to sit back for about 10 minutes and really think about what had happened and try t =o make sense of it. The central plot is about our main protagonist, Shannon who has just lost her son. Somehow (which is never explained) she is thrown into a different universe, where she meets people called Zojas. She helps the Zojas defend themselves, and after her helping them, the Zojas see Shannon as a God. Shannon sort of takes on the responsibility of a God and teaches them how to hunt and defend themselves against predators. She teaches them how to be kind to each other and rely on each other to survive. But then, she’s suddenly pulled forward in time to where she sees that everything has gone a bit wrong. The Zojas are killing in her name.

And that’s it. That’s the story. That’s pretty much all that happens. There’s no real storyline, but there is definite underlying preaching involved with this graphic novel.

As for the artwork, I actually really liked it, and that’s the whole reason for the one star. However, sometimes the lettering was sometimes really hard to read. At times, there would be this kind of old English font in yellow that was on a red background, and I was squinting so hard to read it.

I just can’t help but think that there should have been… more…? The title states that this was the complete series, which I’m guessing means that it’s the complete storyline and that there isn’t going to be any more issues or anything like that. Which also means that there isn’t going to be any development on the world or the characters.

I can’t help but wonder what the point of this graphic novel is… What story is it trying to tell?

This graphic novel just wasn’t for me…