Description
The Lightbringer is hard at work on a New Creation outside the bounds of any authority but his own, complete with a new pair of inhabitants for a new Garden of Eden. But as he tries his hand at universe building,back on Earth (and in Hell) schemes and betrayals continue to grow. And in the tale 'Nirvana', a beautiful angel with an ancient score to settle puts out a contract on Lucifer Morningstar. But can the Devil really die? Also features LUCIFER: NIRVANA!.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2001
Physical description
416 p.; 6.6 inches
Publication
Vertigo (2013), Edition: First Edition, 416 pages
Pages
416
ISBN
140124260X / 9781401242602
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User reviews
LibraryThing member jshillingford
The first volume of Lucifer was so different from anything I’d encountered in graphic novels before, that I was immediately hooked. Lucifer is powerful, enigmatic, and arrogant. Which suits the fallen angel perfectly. At the end of the first volume, Lucifer was given the means to create his own
The stories in this volume jump around among many players, all of which are being moved into position for an elaborate game of chess that all comes together at the end. This can be challengin to follow, and occasionally frustrating as you leave a particularly interesting tale to jump elsewhere. But, the way it all comes together is very satisfying. The book opens with Mazikeen, who is desperate to restore her face. Desperate enough to go to the Children of Lilith, from who she is cast out. From there readers see Lucifer’s new Eden, jump to Elaine the daughter of Archangel Michael, and take a sojourn in hell itself. Each story is mostly self-contained, but with threads that tangle into other stories.
Lucifer’s primary antagonist throughout is not God, but the Basanos – a Tarot deck with consciousness, and a thirst to rule Lucifer’s new world. The resulting confrontation will change Lucifer, and force him to return to God’s realm to deal with the fallout.
Overall, thus volume is significantly darker in tone than the first book, with even more visceral violence and disturbing imagery. Lucifer is no hero, but is never less than interesting. What does he want? Does he even know? Recommended, but not for the squeamish!
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universe – formed of his will and separate from God’s. In Book 2, everyone wants a piece of it!The stories in this volume jump around among many players, all of which are being moved into position for an elaborate game of chess that all comes together at the end. This can be challengin to follow, and occasionally frustrating as you leave a particularly interesting tale to jump elsewhere. But, the way it all comes together is very satisfying. The book opens with Mazikeen, who is desperate to restore her face. Desperate enough to go to the Children of Lilith, from who she is cast out. From there readers see Lucifer’s new Eden, jump to Elaine the daughter of Archangel Michael, and take a sojourn in hell itself. Each story is mostly self-contained, but with threads that tangle into other stories.
Lucifer’s primary antagonist throughout is not God, but the Basanos – a Tarot deck with consciousness, and a thirst to rule Lucifer’s new world. The resulting confrontation will change Lucifer, and force him to return to God’s realm to deal with the fallout.
Overall, thus volume is significantly darker in tone than the first book, with even more visceral violence and disturbing imagery. Lucifer is no hero, but is never less than interesting. What does he want? Does he even know? Recommended, but not for the squeamish!
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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
Honestly, I like Mike Carey and liked Sandman but this is not doing it for me.
LibraryThing member adastra
In this collection, Lucifer is tired of our universe and creates his own - with the restriction that no worship is allowed in his own creation. This social experiment goes well until some of the characters introduced in Book One (or rather, the collection of The Morningstar Option #1-3 and Lucifer
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#1-13) hear of it. Book Two is a great continuation and gives more story and depth to all characters that were introduced in Book One, while keeping the new characters to a minimum. Show Less