Scott B. Henderson

A Japanese man travels to the Northwest Territories of Canada in search of some family heirlooms. When he finds that one item has fallen into the hands of a local crime figure, it seems the story is going to be a straight-up action piece, but it has something richer in store with an ending that touches on the beliefs of the Dene people and hit me right in all the feels.

Short, pointed story about racism, native culture, and both sorrows and forgiveness. Pretty packed for a slim volume, and tells the story well.

Creative execution fails an important story needing to be told.

Poor transitions and a lack of context for time, place and people left me confused and frustrated. Having read only the material inside the book, I finished it uncertain if what I read was fiction or nonfiction. It was only in reading the blurbs on the back that I confirmed this was a true story.

It's a sad statement that I feel I learned more about Helen Betty Osborne's life and the repercussions of her death by reading the show more Wikipedia page than I did this graphic novel. show less

The history gets more than a little vague this time around as Louis Riel heads up a second resistance movement fifteen years after the events recounted last volume. A timeline in the back helps fill in the holes, but I'd rather the story had provided more of the details.

In the present day, Echo's foster care may be coming to an end as her mother is nearing the time when she can return home. And she is also able to shed some light on Echo's time dislocations.

I thought this might be the final show more volume, but there is one more coming out in April this year. show less