In 1940, London is in the middle of World War Two; bombers fly overhead nightly, and blackouts are enforced by air-raid wardens. With this violent, uncertain setting, multi-award winner James Robinson and acclaimed artist Paul Johnson spin a masterly tale of love and betrayal... Jack Brookes, an air raid warden kept from the battlefield by a weak heart, is asked to investigate a young fortune-teller who has upset one of his mother's neighbours by telling her that her son, thought to have been killed by bombing, was in fact murdered! Soon, Jack finds himself in love with the mysterious fortune…mehr
In 1940, London is in the middle of World War Two; bombers fly overhead nightly, and blackouts are enforced by air-raid wardens. With this violent, uncertain setting, multi-award winner James Robinson and acclaimed artist Paul Johnson spin a masterly tale of love and betrayal... Jack Brookes, an air raid warden kept from the battlefield by a weak heart, is asked to investigate a young fortune-teller who has upset one of his mother's neighbours by telling her that her son, thought to have been killed by bombing, was in fact murdered! Soon, Jack finds himself in love with the mysterious fortune teller, but in deadly danger from a gang of brutal, thuggish killers...
James Robinson is an English author of graphic novels and comic books. He is the writer of the multi-award-winning Starman saga, as well as London's Dark, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Terminator, Wild C.A.T.S., and his hugely acclaimed "all ages" series Leave It to Chance. He lives in Las Vegas. Paul Johnson is a British comic book and graphic novel illustrator who uses pencils, ink, and paint to create his work that has been part of the Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse comic book worlds. His most notable works include the final installment of Neil Gaiman's The Books of Magic and J. M. DeMatteis's Mercy. In the 1980s, his work appeared in Psst! and Escape Magazine.
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