Smoke/Ashes

📖 The Scoop

Welcome to the big smoke. The government is bankrupt, financially and morally. Those charged with leading the nation out of calamity use their position to enrich themselves and kill anyone in their way. This is the England of Smoke, the uncompromising satirical thriller from Alex de Campi and Igor Kordey that earned an Eisner nomination for Best Limited Series. Investigating a bizarre terrorist cell and the death of a decorated military officer, reporter Katie Shah and soldier-turned-assassin Rupert Cain find themselves targeted by a sinister cabal bent on controlling the nation's oil supply in this hyperintelligent, action-packed adventure. Five years later, Katie and Rupert are reunited in Ashes, a bullet ride through the brain of dystopian Britain into the dark heart of the American psyche. Pariahs after their heroism of years earlier, the pair have nowhere to turne for help when a psychotic intelligence that has infiltrated the internet plots to take its revenge on them, in chase that takes them from London's CCTV-bristling streets to the home counties and finally to an army base in a high-desert American wasteland.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels / General (fancy, right?)