Cosmoknights, Book Two

by Hannah Templer

Overview

Escape was just the beginning. The sensational “gays in space” webcomic/graphic novel returns, with new faces, long-awaited reunions, higher stakes, and more thrilling action!

Pan has finally escaped her dead-end planet, piecing together a new sort of family with the rebel gladiators Bee and Cass and the mysterious hacktivist Kate. They’ve even rescued a princess… But what if this princess has her own ideas? Whatever happened to Pan’s childhood friend Tara? And if Pan and the others become galactic fugitives, will the immense pressure of life on the run threaten to tear them apart just in time for the biggest heist of their lives?


With equal parts personal drama, political resonance, and brilliantly colorful sci-fi action, Hannah Templer’s Cosmoknights follows a ragtag group of queer outer-space gladiators as they fight to escape—and possibly overthrow—the neo-medieval patriarchy that rules their universe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603095112
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Publication date:	06/13/2023
Series:	Cosmoknights , #2
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	180,688
Product dimensions:	7.06(w) x 10.06(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Hannah Templer is a cartoonist and has worked as a colorist, cover artist, and interior artist on titles such as GLOW, Doctor Who, TMNT, Samurai Jack, Jem and the Holograms, Captain Marvel, Tomb Raider, and the upcoming Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith. She enjoys life with her trusty dog, Thistle, and grumpy cat, Noodle, and plays tabletop role-playing games as often as she can.

Editorial Reviews

"This sequel raises the stakes... in exciting action scenes and sweet romantic subplots. The illustrations offer bursts of hot colors and beautiful sequences that highlight the queer, multiracial cast. A gripping feminist space adventure." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2023-03-29
A popular webcomic returns with more galactic drama.

Pan wakes up with an audio message from the past: Five years ago, she helped her best friend, Princess Tara, escape the fate of an unwanted marriage. Now she is startled to hear Tara crying and saying they made a mistake. But she and the crew must focus on their plan to continue freeing other princesses. They currently have one onboard, but she won’t come out of her room. When she finally does emerge, it’s to ping her location, signaling wardens to come take her home. Unfortunately for them all, she only ends up alerting pirates to their whereabouts. Pan finally gets through to Scottie, the latest princess, who shares that she never actually wanted to be saved in the first place and had plans for doing good in her role as queen. This leads Pan to open up about Tara’s delayed message and her self-doubts. Everyone on the fleet seems to have a different opinion as to which strategy to follow now, but they have to decide soon, especially with the pirates on their tail. This sequel raises the stakes as Pan continues to explore different aspects of feminism. In exciting action scenes and sweet romantic subplots, readers, too, will start asking questions. The illustrations offer bursts of hot colors and beautiful sequences that highlight the queer, multiracial cast.

A gripping feminist space adventure. (Graphic science fiction. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews