Heh... "cult-hit" is right, I guess, if no one else has reviewed this or updated info before ME.
It always did make me curious, those small glimpses into the life of enigmatic Shepherd Book. (The episode he got shot in, and they had to allow the Alliance to treat him- and he had identification that got scanned and called 'sir.' Or the time in bar fights when he could just wham-bam dispatch an enemy without thinking.)
And then they tell it- in a deceptively simple set of flashbacks: starting right at the end of "Serenity" when he dies. *cries*
All I can say (without wrecking it) is that... if Mal only knew who he had on his ship... if only the show had survived for it to come out in little pieces and mess with the crew, it would have been high drama.
Worth picking up (I know, hardback is expensive) because it shows the Whedonistic [sic] brilliance the storyteller is capable of.
It always did make me curious, those small glimpses into the life of enigmatic Shepherd Book. (The episode he got shot in, and they had to allow the Alliance to treat him- and he had identification that got scanned and called 'sir.' Or the time in bar fights when he could just wham-bam dispatch an enemy without thinking.)
And then they tell it- in a deceptively simple set of flashbacks: starting right at the end of "Serenity" when he dies. *cries*
All I can say (without wrecking it) is that... if Mal only knew who he had on his ship... if only the show had survived for it to come out in little pieces and mess with the crew, it would have been high drama.
Worth picking up (I know, hardback is expensive) because it shows the Whedonistic [sic] brilliance the storyteller is capable of.
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