The Man who Never was

Uber, Volume 3 by Kieron Gillen My rating: 3 of 5 stars Rating 3 out of 5| Grade C-; Interlude Mature content warning. Graphic Violence & Nudity The book Uber, Volume 2 , ended at a highpoint for the Nazis, who, thanks to the solo assault of Battleship Sieglinde, managed to destroy the heartland of London, as well as assassinate Winston Churchill. This action, while holding little value strategically, nevertheless send eaves across the lines, earning a highly anticipated Symbolic victory for the Germans. And we all know how much the Nazis put emphasis on looks. The Allies, reeling from this humiliating defeat, not to mention the loss of one of the pillars of democracy, throw their entire naval might to try and annihilate the weakened retreating Sieglinde. Only to be thwarted by the sudden arrival of the newly introduced Blitzmensch who can serve as one man long distance artillery units, shooting devastating halo energy from afar, and destroying a good part of the British hom

New York 1947 by Vincent Brugeas My rating: 3 of 5 stars Rating 3 out of 5 |Grade: C+; Atmospheric New York 1947 is a prequel side story to the main story of Block 109 . In an alternate timeline, following the assassination of Hitler in 1942, Heinrich Himmler assumes power and turns Germany into a more efficient war machine. Renamed as Germania, Himmler & the newly established Teutonic Order led by Hochmeister Zytek develop automatons, advanced aircraft & the crown jewel, successfully completed a thermonuclear weapon by 1945. Having no qualms about human life, Germanian high command dropped a nuclear arsenal onto Great Britain & North America, utterly annihilating majority of the allies. The Island of Manhattan, initially left untouched due to its isolation, is used as testing ground for the new viral bioweapon developed by the Nazis, which can turn men into raging, mindless berserkers thirsting for human flesh. It is the year 1947, and a small group of elite Naz

Block 109 by Vincent Brugeas My rating: 4 of 5 stars Rating 4 out of 5 | Grade: A; Underrated In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war; and politics Synopsis 1941, Adolf Hitler chancellor of the Nazi Party is assassinated during a rally. Following which all key members of the party were hanged for treason, leaving Heinrich Himmler to assume the role of chancellor. His first act as leader is the creation of the New Teutonic Order, to combat the growing influence of the SS and its leader Reinhard Heydrich. To this effect, he appoints Paul Zytek, a relatively unknown officer as the Grand Master (Hochmeister) of the Order. By 1944 the German thermonuclear program ‘Project Ragnarok’ bears fruit, the first German thermonuclear bomb becomes operational. 1945, USA & UK are the first targets of the bomb, reducing them to nuclear ruins. In 1947, Himmler died, leaving a power vacuum in the German High command. Both Zytek & Heydrich supported by their respective

Uber, Volume 2 by Kieron Gillen My rating: 4 of 5 stars Rating 3.5 out of 5 | Grade: B-; お前はもう死んでる After the Bombastic, Gore filled, Nightmare inducing Vol.1, Uber by Kieron Gillen is back, with a back. And this time around, the action is split between the western front, as well as the axis 'allies' in east, Imperial Japan. While the US/UK research group for Ubermensch, were on the backfoot after, (view spoiler) [their sole Battleship candidate got utterly owned by Sieglinde; RIP HMH Colossus (hide spoiler) ] . _____________________ Ubermensch of Imperial Japan What would happen, if an army comprised of impoverished, battle equipped, poorly trained soldiers, with only their Zealous patriotic devotion to the motherland, are given the catalyst to change them into superhuman soldiers. Super soldier suicide bombers, that's what's going happen. When the Nazis decided to be benevolent and share the recipe for creation of Panzermensch wi

Uber, Volume 1 by Kieron Gillen My rating: 4 of 5 stars Rating 4 out of 5 | Grade B+; Nazi Supermen of Dooooom! It is the year 1945, the allies have all but defeated the Third Reich. Russians are amassed for the final offensive on Berlin itself. Hitler, deep in his bunker, is prepared to join his lover Eva in death. Right at that moment, the tides of history came to be altered. The Siege of Berlin was broken thanks to an army of superpowered Nazi soldiers, who had single handedly thwarted the Soviet forces, brutally murdering them. The Ubers, Wonderwaffen with physical capabilities exceeding that of normal men, and capable of vaporizing men with a mere glance with superpowered energies had brought the Nazis back from the brink of destruction. The war, which days before was believed to be all but won, was about to take a long and bloody turn. Elsewhere, a lone British spy, a deep cover agent, must escape from the German heartland and deliver to the allies cruc

Will of Iron: Warhammer 40,000, Vol. 1 by George Mann My rating: 3 of 5 stars Rating 3 out of 5 | Grade: D+; Solve all problems by throwing a (view spoiler) [f**king meteor at it (hide spoiler) ] (view spoiler) [ (hide spoiler) ] The Story Will of Iron, focuses on the Chapter of Dark Angels, who have come across the Calaphrax Cluster, which, after a thousand year warp storm, have opened up to travel. Now, the former first legion successors must make contact with the lost humans planets in the sector to bring them into the Imperial fold. Shadowing them, literally shadowing them without their knowledge is Inquisitor Sabbathiel & his clandestine group of operatives, with their own agenda differing from the main objective. Now here is what you should know about Inquisitors. Unless you are someone who is named Eisenhorn , as an Inquisitor, you almost always screw things up. You are a paranoid, distrusting, self important elitist, who gene

Deff Skwadron by Gordon Rennie My rating: 3 of 5 stars If you ask anyone who plays the Warhammer 40k board game, they would agree, that out of all the different Xeno factions in the Grimdark future, one of the most balls to the walls crazy enjoyable to play as are the Orks. Due to their sheer randomness and unpredictability, there is really no telling how the next move will end up doing. Wiping out half of your own squad due to a bad roll, or dropping a freaking orc roc on the unsuspecting opposition, there is never a boring day while playing as orks. Now, I haven't played a single 40K board game as of late, (Damn you, for being born in a desert with no fandom or peer groups to spread the good word of the God Emperor!), but I consider myself somewhat of an lore junkie. But I digress. We're here to talk about a whole bunch of dakka dakka . On which the story delivers. Set in a turf battle between two rival ork warbands, the story focuses on the exploits

Nyarlathotep by Julien Noirel My rating: 2 of 5 stars Rating 2 out 5 | Grade: D-; Mildly interesting After reading Nyarlathotep one comes to the conclusion that this is not one of Lovecraft's more inspired stories. With no context, a being known as Nyarlathotep, posing as Egyptian nobility, goes around building mysterious machines with grass and metal. It calls for performances where the audience are made to watch some form of sinister phenomenon involving electricity, which give them visions of a world brought to ruin by some great calamity. Following which, the participants all wander off, their perception of the world being corrupted by the alternate vision of the ruined one, and one by one all succumb to insanity. It is hard not to make the comparison with another person who lived in the timeframe who made bizarre machines, and held sinister performances involving electricity. I don't know if Lovecraft had some negative reservations

The Young Woman and the Sea by Catherine Meurisse My rating: 3 of 5 stars Rating 3 out of 5 | Grade C+ Lot's of Pwetty pictures. I've always admired the nation of Japan. For its beautiful culture, rich & storied history, mythology, cuisine, for anime & nerd culture, and it's unique natural landscapes. The sight of Mount Fuji rising from the horizon as if rising to the sky, or Hokusai's violent and thought inducing depiction of Kanagawa off the wave, or was it the mist filled fantasy-esque opening to Tom Cruise's 'The Last Samurai', it's a land which has captured my imagination. And someday I hope to get acquainted with her intimately. So, it was with intrigue that I delved into The Young Woman & the Sea by Catherine Meurisse. It was a mixed bag. On one hand I don't feel that the author, while rambling on about a lot of things, wasn't really able to connect to that vein of the culture. Nor was sh