Jormungand (GN 11)

Release date: 2013-05-14
Suggested retail price: $12.99
Age rating: 17+

ISBN-10: 1421552329 1421552329
ISBN-13: 9781421552323 9781421552323

Description:
Death is their business, and business is good.

Jonah is a child soldier, born amidst the chaotic conflicts that rage across West Asia, his family lost to a war fueled by weapons supplied by the so-called Merchants of Death--international arms dealers. Despite Jonah's hatred of weapons and violence, he employs both extremely well in the service of high-flying arms dealer Koko Hekmatyar and her band of mercenaries. Their journey through the dark underbelly of the world's arms markets may lead only to damnation, but will Jonah one day make his way back to the light? Only one thing is certain: it's going to be a long, hard road out of hell...

Jormungand, Koko’s plan to force peace on the world by taking control of global logistics, is ready to launch. When it does, all human movement by land, sea and air will come under the control of HCLI’s satellite network and quantum computer system. But when Jonah learns that the first stage of Koko’s operation could cost the lives of nearly seven hundred thousand people, he finds himself at a deadly impasse with Koko and her team. Peace sells, but who’s buying?

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for mature audiences.

(added on 2013-01-13, modified on 2013-01-13)

• Reviewed by Carlo Santos (June 9, 2013)

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