The Foundation - Softcover

Kody Chamberlain; John Rozum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934506435 ISBN 13: 9781934506431

Publisher: BOOM! Studios, 2008

Synopsis

History shows that in the 1500s, Nostradamus' three volumes of prophecies were best-sellers, making him a rich man. But what the world doesn't know is that he used his vast treasure-trove of riches to create a foundation to prevent his most catastrophic prophesies from occurring! This secret team still functions today, using Nostradamus' published and unpublished tomes to predict threats to worldwide security! In the vein of The X-Files, but with a 24-like spin!

About this title

About the Author

Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling author of such novels as The House of Last Resort, All Hallows, Road of Bones, and the Stoker Award-winning Ararat, among many others. Golden cocreated (with Mike Mignola) the fan-favorite comic book series Baltimore and Joe Golem: Occult Detective. He has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and the online animated series Ghosts of Albion (with Amber Benson). His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. He has been nominated eleven times in eight different categories for the Bram Stoker Award, and has won twice. In 2023, Golden and Amber Benson cowrote and codirected the Audible Original podcast Slayers: A Buffyverse Story. Please visit him at ChristopherGolden.com.

Reviews

Rozum and Chee's series has a promising start, but the ensuing story never quite lives up to expectations. The story follows an organization founded by Nostradamus with the mission of using its considerable wealth to prevent the 16th century seer's disastrous predictions from coming true. As the 21st century begins and the prophecies refer to current events with increasing frequency, Agent Stephen Valentine, a veteran field operative, is experiencing doubts about his life's work. Rozum uses the reader's expectations of the archetypal secret conspiracy thriller to create genuinely surprising moments as Agent Valentine investigates a possible terrorist attack on New York's water supply. But by the resolution so little has been revealed about the motivations of any of the major characters that it's difficult to care about what happens. Chee's art creates a dark and shadowy atmosphere suited to the story's content, but it isn't always strong on emotional nuance. In the end there are too many questions raised and not enough answers given, although there's clearly an intention to continue the story. (Oct.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934506435
• ISBN 13: 9781934506431
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Chee
• Number of pages: 128