Review of "The Walking Dead Volume 15: We Find Ourselves," by Robert Kirkman et. al.

Review of

The Walking Dead Volume 15: We Find Ourselves, by Robert Kirkman et. al. ISBN 9781607064404

Five out of five stars

 In the immediately preceding installments, Rick’s wandering band encountered another that was permanent and they were allowed to join. After some difficulties and some successes based on Rick’s decisions, Rick emerges as the leader of the entire group. When the walls are breached by masses of the undead, the battle is “to the death,” with the living finally beating back the undead. As a consequence, Rick has an epiphany, where he now understands that if he and his band are to survive, they must stand and fight rather than remain constantly on the move.

 In this volume, he explains his thoughts to the others and there is solid agreement as to the goal. Specific plans are made where a powerful team is sent to explore the immediate vicinity, looking for food, analyzing the environment and actively killing any undead they encounter. While they do not find much food, the point now is to formulate a plan to extend their holdings and to fortify their defenses by creating moats and obstacles so that there can be no bunching up of the undead. By actively killing any stragglers they find, their defense is to go on a limited offensive.

 There is a clear change in the tone of the story, there is a hope for the future within the group, although there is one more internal difficulty that must be handled. The subtitle is apt, for now it is clear that the goal is no longer to survive but to rebuild civilization.