The Coffin
by Phil Hester
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The legendary cult classic returns to print in this deluxe hardcover Tenth Anniversary Edition! Dr. Ashar Ahmad is a brilliant but heartless scientist intent on proving the physical existence of the soul, going as far as to create an impenetrable cybernetic skin that will trap the human soul after the body within has died — a walking coffin. Only when a dying Ahmad is encased in one of his prototypes does he realize the value if the life he has wasted. A desperate race to reclaim his show more technology from an evil corporate overlord and save the life of the daughter he once disavowed force him to become the man he never was in life. show lessTags
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The artwork is nice, although there are one or two spots where some odd art decisions are made. (Scary blob of tentacles and...a T-Rex?). A good tale, although the "redemption" of the main character is a little too sudden. Also, the devil plays an rather ambiguous role. Hopefully this isn't too much of a spoiler, but the premise of the book seems to be that it's highly likely heaven and hell exists. The main character "traps" his own soul on the way to one of the destinations to finish up some business on earth. The ambiguous actions of the devil might be intended to induce some doubt about the actual existence of an afterlife.
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- Original publication date
- 2001
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- Languages
- English, French
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