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The story just keeps on getting better! ( )

Previously, Zola named her son Zeke and Apollo sent the Moon goddess down to kill him, but Wonder Woman rebuffs her. Lennox and Hera take Zeke and go away to a safe house. The Firstborn makes a deal with Poseidon and Hades to leave their kingdoms alone. Then he and Cassandra go after Lennox to kill Zeke. Orion shows up to help fight, but things aren't going well for them so Zola hops on Orion's ride and has them all join her so they can escape to Orion's planet. Lennox, however, stays behind to close the gate. Lennox gets killed and Cassandra gets damaged badly and the Firstborn gets captured and Apollo takes him to Olympus. War was killed by Wonder Woman who is now holding that title.

Apollo has no intention of killing the Firstborn. He wants to break him and bring him to heal and have him bow to him. Wonder Woman gets Zola an apartment and then suddenly the traitor Hermes appears to take her to Olympus since she is War now. Wonder Woman asks that Hera is restored to her power, but Apollo says no. He tells her that a war is coming and that she will be needed but she tells him to fight it on his own. Hermes asks for forgiveness as he was just protecting the child and he spends his time shadowing them.

Cassandra goes in search of her brother Milan who has the sight and can find the Firstborn and Zeke. He is not willing to help though as he hates his sister. Strife is not happy about War being murdered by Wonder Woman and she wants revenge. So she goes to visit and brings gifts. To Hera, she brings her cloak and to baby Zeke, she gives a blanket that blocks his presence from the eyes of the gods. To Wonder Woman a hideous war helmet. Then when they realize that Milan is gone and they need to save him they leave Zola with Strife who hints to her that she is a burden to them and should leave so Zola does.

Zola, of course, runs into lots of trouble while out on her own and Wonder Woman and Orion have trouble trying to get to Milan. Apollo is torturing the Firstborn but he will not yield and the Oracles predict a war between the two of them with one of them dying. This was a great comic that held many surprises. Wonder Woman may not want to wear the mantle of War but she may not have a choice. I give this book four out of five stars. ( )

This TPB takes up where the last one left off. We’re knee deep in the craziness of the Olympians. We get to learn much, much more about the first born. Wonder Woman is still the new God of War, Hera’s still mortal, Strife is still, well, being Strife and gunning for Wonder Woman for killing her brother War.

We also get to see much more of Cassandra. She’s going after the first born. Although Apollo gets there first.

There’s a lot going on in this TPB, a lot of moving pieces, but it all seems to fit together by the end and the end is a pretty awesome cliffhanger as well.

I got this advanced galley through Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment ( )