99 DAYS is the story of Antoine Boshoso Davis, who is living the dream as a rookie homicide detective for the LAPD. But 12 years ago he was living a nightmare. As a young Hutu in Rwanda, Antoine was forced to become a child soldier with the rebel Hutu militia. Like so many others he was caught up in the slaughter of a country gone insane—murdering scores of men, womenand children with a machete.
Antoine eventually fled Rwanda to LA, was raised by an adoptive family into a quiet, sensitive man with a deep need for justice—so he joined the LAPD.
But when a serial killer starts stalking the African American residents of LA—murdering them with a machete—Antoine discovers that his past has come back to haunt him.
Another installment in the Vertigo Crime line and another pretty good book. I still have a problem with the price for what it is size-wise. Here, Matteo Casali tells the story of a former Rwandan who grew up in the middle of genocide and now has memories flying back to him in the middle of his new life as a LAPD Detective. The story is decent but the twist was predictable and the overall narration by a local radio shock job as grating and would have been better served as a small dose. I feel we could have known the main characters more with more from them. The book is very brutal and graphic but that's what you expect from Vertigo Crime. The art, by Krisian Donaldson was really good. The black and white palette made the book more ominous in my opinion and it really worked. Overall, this was pretty good but not spectacular.
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Overview
99 DAYS is the story of Antoine Boshoso Davis, who is living the dream as a rookie homicide detective for the LAPD. But 12 years ago he was living a nightmare. As a young Hutu in Rwanda, Antoine was forced to become a child soldier with the rebel Hutu militia. Like so many others he was caught up in the slaughter of a country gone insane—murdering scores of men, womenand children with a machete.
Antoine eventually fled Rwanda to LA, was raised ...