Book Review: Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea by M. Mignola et al.

Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea story by Mike Mignola, art and colors by Jesse Lonergan, and letters by Clem Robins

Miss Truesdale is a typical Victorian-era secretary for the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra, a secret society full of occult knowledge and practices. She is put upon in this male-dominated social group but has visions of a previous life millennia before. She was a gladiator in the realm of Hyperborea, the home of the first pre-historic humans who had a very advanced society. The gladiator brings about the eponymous fall of her civilization through a combination of grit, chance, and supernatural influences. 

The story is okay. While the paralleling of the lives is interesting, there's isn't enough depth to the characters to make either version of her memorable. Too much is left out for the collapse of Hyperborea to be really convincing. Also, Truesdale's agency is lacking till the very end of the book. I wanted more than they deliver.

Not recommended.