Area 510 by Jay Faerber and Justin Greenwood is a fun and fast read of an alien invasion.
There are certain story beats and incidents that I don't want to spoil but I will say that the tone of the story kept me turning pages quickly. With Alien invasion stories there is usually the tendency to go into mega disaster mode thanks mostly to films--and a few films of this time are mentioned in the book. However this book keeps it a lot smaller and more grounded and focused on two people at the heart of the story Ward and Lucinda who are handcuffed together( read it to find out why.) And trying to make it to safety.
Minor spoilers ahead to mention something that I found particularly clever. In the story Ward is depicted as a young, idealistic Rookie who is trying to his the right thing while Lucinda is a hardened thief-for-hire who has a distrustful and cynical world view.
We are led to believe toward the end of the story that Lucinda was right all a long and people are only out for one person, but when one of our protagonists is side lined which view will save them?
The art by Justin Greenwood is deceptively simple yet strong and help moves the story along at a fast pace. The art paired with the colouring of Lou Loughridge and the lettering of Thomas Mauer is visually compelling.
Thank you to #NetGalley, and #OniPress for the ARC of #Area510 by Jay Faerber and Justin Greenwood.