The Broken Vow (Spill Zone Series #2)

by Scott Westerfeld, Alex Puvilland (Illustrator)

Overview

Now in paperback! All hell breaks loose in Spill Zone Book 2: The Broken Vow, the second volume of this dystopian graphic novel duology by science fiction visionary Scott Westerfeld and artist Alex Puvilland.

Three years ago an event destroyed the small city of Poughkeepsie, forever changing reality within its borders. Strange manifestations and lethal dangers now await anyone who enters the Spill Zone. Addison got close enough to the Spill Zone to touch it, literally. She survived the encounter, but came back changed.

It turns out she's not alone. North Korea has its own Spill Zone, and a young man named Jae is the only one who made it out alive. Alive, but changed. Now Addison, Don Jae, and, curiously, a rag doll named Vespertine, share an unholy bond and uncanny powers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250309426
Publisher:	First Second
Publication date:	07/16/2019
Series:	Spill Zone Series , #2
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	15 - 18 Years

About the Author

Scott Westerfeld is a software designer, a composer of music for modern dance, and the author of novels such as The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds. He lives in New York City and Sydney, Australia.

Alex Puvilland was born in France where he grew up reading his father's comic books. Looking for a life of adventure full of loose women and danger, he moved to California at the age of 22, convinced he would become a millionaire within the month. Eighteen years later he lives in Los Angeles, with his ridiculously talented wife and two extraordinary children, Leo and Adrien. He works for Dreamworks Animation, does comics whenever he has a moment, but is still not a millionaire… Alex co-illustrated Prince of Persia, the graphic novel' and Templar.

Editorial Reviews

"Spill Zone: The Broken Vow is a masterpiece that sticks with you long after you read it once, twice, three times. A horrifyingly beautiful world that springs out at you every page that you turn." —Fangirlish

"Bestseller Westerfeld's second installment is the quintessential page-turner. Groundwork laid in the first volume pays off in nearly nonstop action here." —Kirkus, starred review

"[Westerfeld]...crafts a sprawling, complex plot that he tightens with suspense and distinctive character dialogue, which keeps the story spinning, and brings it all to an action-packed but emotionally satisfying climax. Puvilland supports the cracking tale with baffling and beautiful visions of the otherworldly...The saga, now complete, is as gripping a sci-fi thriller as the form has produced." —Booklist, starred review

From the Publisher

★ 2018-05-28
Addie has finally made her big score: Does that mean she and her little sister can escape the Spill Zone?When the Spill occurred three years ago, Addie and Lexa's parents became two of the thousands of floating corpses in the wasteland that was Poughkeepsie, New York. Addie has made ends meet by selling photographs of the bizarre conditions inside the Zone, and she possesses growing paranormal abilities thanks to a very close encounter with "the dust." Now that she's sold an artifact from the Zone for $1 million, she can leave. However, Lexa's possessed rag doll, Vespertine, has other ideas for the family, and the North Koreans—who had a similar incident—have sent their Spill survivor, a youth named Don Jae, to investigate conditions in Poughkeepsie. Of course, the American government has their eyes on the situation too. Vespertine's eventual revelations about the nature of the Spill harden Addie's resolve to get out…but also make the situation so much more complex. Bestseller Westerfeld's (Nexus, 2018, etc.) second installment is the quintessential page-turner. Groundwork laid in the first volume pays off in nearly nonstop action here. Puvilland's (Spill Zone, 2017, etc.) colorful, jagged, totally alien art is the perfect partner for this trippy tale. Addie and Lexa are white, Jae is Korean, and there is diversity in secondary characters.The richly satisfying conclusion won't keep readers from demanding a third volume. (Graphic novel. 12-adult)

Kirkus Reviews