Review of
The
Trigan Empire, by Don Lawrence ISBN 0890092540
Five out of five stars
This epic story
of the rise, decline and continued existence of the Trigan Empire is truly a
novel in graphic form. The complete story is 189 pages and opens with a space
ship with a dead crew crash landing on Earth. The technology is far in advance
of anything on Earth and there is a set of books in an undecipherable language.
After the best linguists in the world try and fail to translate the books, the
consensus becomes that the content of the books will remain forever unknown.
Fortunately, a
young student named Peter Richard Haddon refuses to accept defeat and dedicates
his life to understanding the alien language. Finally, when he is an old man he
reaches the point where he can translate the books and they tell a fascinating
tale, the story of the Trigan Empire.
The empire was
founded by Trigo, one of three brothers that are the leaders of a tribe of
civilized nomadic hunters. He understands that the leader of the much more
advanced nation of Loka is plotting to conquer his country of Vorg, one of the
four other countries in the continent. Therefore, he knows that if his tribe
and nation are to survive, they must build a great city and learn the ways of
technology.
There are great
battles as the Empire faces many enemies, both within and without. Their planet
is called Elekton and there are many other tribes with different ways and harsh
climates. There are powerful creatures in the wild and many other dangers.
This story is
in the tradition of the John Carter of Mars stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs and
the adventures of Flash Gordon on the planet Mongo. After a success and
stability seems assured, another threat rises and Trigo and his allies are
forced to fight once again for their Empire and what they hold dear. If you
enjoy epic graphic novels featuring heroes fighting with weapons of all types
from swords to directed energy weapons and monsters of all types, this is a
book you will enjoy.
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