Rivers Of London
Ratings15
Average rating3.3
CSI meets Harry Potter in this fantastic new graphic novel conjured forth from the bestselling series of supernatural police procedural crime novels! Press-ganged into helping a Russian oligarch hunt his missing daughter, PC Peter Grant and his boss, Thomas Nightingale, London's only wizarding cops, find themselves caught up in a battle between Russian gunmen, a monstrous forest creature - and their nemesis: The Faceless Man. But as Grant and Nightingale close in on the missing girl, they discover that nothing about this case is what it seems! When the young daughter of a wealthy Russian ogliarch is seemingly kidnapped by mythical monster the Leshy, Peter and Nightingale must delve further into the supernatural than ever before to find the truth, before it's too late for the girl. But there is something off about this case. For one, Leshies don't exist. Two, if they did, they certainly wouldn't be found in Kent, England! The magical special unit must enlist the help of Varvara Sidorovna Tamonina, Night Witch by name and nature! But will they uncover something even more sinister along the way?
Series
Series
6 primary booksRivers of London Graphic Novels
Rivers of London Graphic Novels is a 6-book series with 10 primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, and James Swallow.
Series
5 primary booksRivers of London: Night Witch
Rivers of London: Night Witch is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel.
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Pretty good but I felt like I was supposed to have read something else first
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This is a more complex story than you'd normally find in comics, but it manages to pull it off well. It's concerned with the Russian mob's involvement with magic, with some of the (non-essential) dialogue written in Russian without the usual translation. It also brings in several of the characters from the novel series in a procedural that involves quite a lot of double-crossing on the part of the various villains. It probably doesn't make a lot of sense on its own, and requires knowledge of the novels, but it does fit beautifully in with them, providing further insight into one of the characters in particular. Given the complexity of the plot, it also rewards careful reading, but the sophistication is part of the strength.
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