Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Far Sector

Far Sector (2019-)Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When someone is murdered on a planet that hasn't seen in a murder in hundreds of years, Green Lantern Jo Mullein is on the case. But what can one Green Lantern do on a world without emotion where politics are a bubbling cauldron?

I've been intrigued by this book for a long time but I waited on the trade because single issues cost too damn much. Far Sector was worth the wait.

Far Sector takes the "Green Lanterns are space cops" concept and runs with it, with Jo investigating a murder on a world on the very edge of the jurisdiction of the Green Lanterns, a world that gave up their emotion centuries ago to prevent further war, a war where emotions can still be felt using an illegal drug called Switchoff.

This one is a slow burn as Jo navigates the political potholes of The City Enduring as she finds that sometimes a murder isn't just a murder and threatens to pull on the strand that holds the society of The City Enduring together. It's part police story, part political thriller. The thing that binds it all together is the dogged determination of Jo Mullein, a Brooklyn girl out of her depth and the only good cop on an emotionless world.

I've never read anything by NK Jemisin before but she's got chops. The writing is a cut above the average super hero book. She pulls off the slow burn narrative nicely in my opinion. I don't normally like a lot of computer coloring and effects but Jamal Campbell's art really makes the story come together. One thing I liked is that Jo brings the reader up to speed on the first page in every issue, which would have been a big help in the monthlies.

Far Sector is the most enjoyable Green Lantern book I've read since Green Lantern Legacy. Five out of five stars.


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