If you're looking for an M-rated series that is full of swordplay, sorcery,and sass, and you don't mind a bit of gore thrown in for good measure, you'lllove this. Betty, Dee, Hannah, and Violet are mercenaries for hire who can drinka troll under the table, use language that would make an orc blush, andmercilessly eviscerate baddies. Off on a minor "quest" in order to make up fortheir drunken brawling, this kick-ass quartet soon realizes that someone orsomething wants them very dead. Making them dead, however, is far easier saidthan done. It's not just the fantastic pacing of Wiebe's (Peter Panzerfaust,Debris) text or former video game designer Upchurch's blood-sprayed actionsequences, but also the characters themselves that drive the story relentlesslyforward. Possessed of very different body types, personalities, andidiosyncrasies, and not afraid to share exactly what they're feeling, the RatQueens are refreshing characters whose story will leave readers thirsty formore. (June) -PublisherWeekly.com "Offer this to readers tired of the same old comics featuring cheesecakedepictions of female characters or to readers who like intelligent plots with aside of smart aleck.

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