This volume deals with a Conclave called to bring all the ruling families of the world together as trouble escalates between them and all of them have to choose sides – a Trial by Combat is included with tragic results and a war begins (lots of fighting scenes). Meanwhile Forever finds out more abou...
I liked this 2nd volume more than the first. Probably because it expanded beyond Forever and let us see some of how the "waste" live. it also gave us some back history on Forever and how she's struggling with the message that her family is not her family and that is not her father. She keeps looking...
I had trouble rating this because it lacks the impact of the first volume. Forever seems to get lost in the shuffle, and she was less defined as a character. Although I felt the flashbacks give more insight into Forever's relationship with her 'father.' The new storyline about the Barrett family, wh...
Lazarus, Vol 2.: Lift is a satisfying continuation of the dystopian story begun in Lazarus: Family. The truce between the Moray and Carlyle "Families" is holding and Forever continues to question her role. Where Family established the setting and introduced the mafia-style rule of the Family, Lift...
In volume 2 Rucka gives us a dark riff on the Grapes of Wrath. This is dark but good stuff that you should be reading. http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2014/08/depressing-but-daamn-thats-good.html