As a self-confessed sci-fi junkie, it's not hard to imagine that I picked up Letter 44's first issue the day Oni Press released it and read it before anything else. What I found was an exciting mix of political intrigue and science fiction that I hoped creators Charles Soule and Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque could pull off for more than one issue.
Good news: they can, and they did! Issue #2 confirms that these intriguing characters have really jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. Newly elected President Blades is brought up to speed on Project Monolith, but it's clear that the military leaders are withholding information. The crew of the Clarke continues to deal with its quirky engineering while heading straight for the alien installation known as the Chandelier.
The politics is heavy on secrets and the science fiction is heavy on cool astronaut stuff -- and none of it gets in the way of the brilliant levels of character development that make Letter 44 a hit.
I reviewed the book for Broken Frontier, and you can read it HERE. Please Tweet it to your followers.
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