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Queen & Country, Vol. 3: Operation Crystal Ball

by Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernandez (Illustrator)

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This fun espionage thriller overflows with geopolitical intrigue. Written with obvious relish by Rucka, author of the Atticus Kodiak novels, and rendered in stark b&w, cinematic panels by Fernandez, this work finds the British security team S.I.S. in a post-September 11 world, ready to strike at any potential terrorist threat. When a Lebanese citizen walks into a British embassy in Cairo and says he has information about a potential attack on British citizens, the unit moves into action across the globe, from Sarajevo to Rome, before finally tracing their villain in Osaka, on the verge of unleashing poison gas at a World Cup match. This book's pleasure lies in following the chase's twists and turns. Rucka and Fernandez accomplish this almost as well as any novel or film of the genre.. --Publisher's Weekly… (more)
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Tara "Strong Female Protagonist" Chace went from looking like this in volume 1:


to this in volume 2:


to whatever the hell this creature is in volume 3:


Nope. Just nope. ( )
  ElspethW | Feb 26, 2022 |
My blog post about thie book is at this link ( )
  SuziQoregon | Jan 25, 2015 |
Once again, the story highlights that espionage serves a purpose, and cannot be divorced from its human elements. Love, trust, and revenge come into play as terrorist plots are (and are not) averted.

The writing remains spot-on, but the art took a lot of the emotional nuance away from the story, as only the male characters have the required wide-range of body types, body language, and facial expressions necessary for the subject matter. ( )
  storyjunkie | Aug 11, 2007 |
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The series takes an unfortunate misstep with book three, Operation: Crystal Ball. Artist Leandro Fernandez isn’t up to the material.
 

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This fun espionage thriller overflows with geopolitical intrigue. Written with obvious relish by Rucka, author of the Atticus Kodiak novels, and rendered in stark b&w, cinematic panels by Fernandez, this work finds the British security team S.I.S. in a post-September 11 world, ready to strike at any potential terrorist threat. When a Lebanese citizen walks into a British embassy in Cairo and says he has information about a potential attack on British citizens, the unit moves into action across the globe, from Sarajevo to Rome, before finally tracing their villain in Osaka, on the verge of unleashing poison gas at a World Cup match. This book's pleasure lies in following the chase's twists and turns. Rucka and Fernandez accomplish this almost as well as any novel or film of the genre.. --Publisher's Weekly

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