by Mike Carey and Peter GrossThis issue of The Unwritten is book-ended by appearances from characters I didn't expect to see again, one ever, and another, for about four more issues.
The rest of the comic was filled by following Tom Taylor, newly arrived in Hades, searching for a way out of it. Tom had gone to the fabled land of the dead looking for Lizzie Hexam, his companion, but after drinking from the river Lethe, he has no memory of who he is, or what he is looking for.
Tom is joined by the Chadron children, who we last saw being killed in the Swiss prison where the Cabal first tried to kill Tom. They travel across Hades, meeting a few old acquaintances of Tom's, before figuring out a way to get across the lake of flames and arrive at Hades's palace.
There is a sense throughout this book that the underworld is not what it used to be, although if that's because of the sickness that has infected all stories, it's not made clear.
As with most issues of this series, this is a very high-quality book, although I feel like some of the momentum is missing from this comic lately.
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