Written by Antony Johnston (w/ assist by Greg Rucka)Art by Christopher Mitten
This volume, collecting the last of the Queen and Country Declassified titles, is unique in a number of ways. First, it's not written by Rucka, but instead is done by the Wasteland team of Johnston and Mitten. Secondly, its connection to the main series of Queen and Country is much more tangential than the previous two entries in the Declassified series. While they helped add important background to major characters, this feels a little more like just another dip in the well.
The action in this volume revolves around an IRA mission from the 80s, and the effect it had on three people: the surviving IRA soldier, the only surviving hostage, and the son of a slain SAS officer. When the IRA operative is released from prison, he returns to his old tricks, hunting down his original intended target.
This story is tightly plotted, and moves at a good pace. Mitten's art is nice, but I prefer his work on Wasteland.
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