"Preacher", "War Stories" and "The Boys" alumnus Garth Ennis first long-form foray into the survival horror field is an unflinchingly visceral piece of work that channels the sensibilities of eighties splatterpunk authors such as Shaun Hutson, John Skipp and Craig Spector as well as the likes of "Deliverance/To The White Sea" author James Dickey, Sam Peckinpah and Cormac McCarthy's "The Road". This is the story of a group of those that were cursed to survive just that little bit longer.
Those that survive the first weeks can expect little more than to survive the day. Few survive the first few days of their onslaught. The Crossed collected volume is available in three editions, all with new covers by series artist Jacen Burrows.America, The Present: When the end comes, it is without warning overnight seemingly ordinary people transform into "The Crossed" - psychotic killers afflicted with a bizarre cruciform facial scar who exhibit an insatiable appetite for murder, torture, barbarity and sexual violence - and rampage across the continental United States in an orgiastic frenzy of bloodlust and carnage. When civilization crumbles in one terrifying moment when people are gleefully breaking into unthinkable acts of violence all around you when everyone you love has died screaming in agony: What do you do? There is no help. Conjure your darkest nightmares… and then realize it could all be so much worse. Picture the cruelest affronts to decency. Imagine, for a moment, the worst crimes against humanity. This gut-wrenching vision is brought to vivid (and more than a little disturbing) life by his partner in crime Jacen Burrows. Garth Ennis has pulled out all the stops to write the most depraved and twisted book of his career, one that also may be his most poignant human drama! Crossed is Ennis’ horrifically visceral exploration of the pure evil that humans are truly capable of indulging and collected here are all ten heart-stopping chapters.
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