Review of
The
Walking Dead: Volume 18, What Comes After, by Robert
Kirkman et. al. ISBN 9781607066873
Five out of five stars
The world
containing the vast numbers of the undead and those remaining alive has stabilized
to a certain extent. There are enclaves of the living walled off from the
undead that are struggling to survive, but have ceased wandering. Their goal
now is to re-establish an industrial and agricultural base so that they have a
sustainable existence and can expand their numbers.
Rick’s goal now
is to establish trade relations with other enclaves, yet he is required to
adopt a tactic right out of the lessons of Machiavelli. Negan is the leader of
another group that exists largely by extortion of the other groups. He does
offer some advantages in that his people do clear out large numbers of the
zombies. Yet, the “taxes” he extracts in exchange for “protection” are high and
people in Rick’s group object.
When Rick
discovers the location of Negan’s group as well as information regarding the
composition, he has the information he needed, so he then makes a move to make
an alliance with another enclave. A battle for supremacy of the area is about
to commence, setting up a cliffhanger for future episodes.
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