 salvation is a double-edged sword. A long time ago in West Texas an old man named Emmett Quinlan was dying from Alzheimer's. His son Ray was stuck between being a father to his own daughter and watching his father fade away into a hateful old monster and to make matters worse a giant tornado was on its way to destroy everything the Quinlan family held dear. It was in the wake of the storm however that everything would change for the tornado did not come from this world and it brought something along with it. Hey everybody welcome to another exciting episode another edition of a week and geek them here on youtube this time we're reviewing an image book and of course i am talking god country this was a special request thank you guys for recommending this book it is astounding this is really spectacular i had no idea what any of this was god country like i mentioned at the beginning of the video is about this family that's dealing with this horrible tragedy that hundreds and hundreds of people have suffered throughout the years and continue to suffer from this very moment Alzheimer's is a very serious and depressing and horrible disease and this book deals with it in a very unique way it this i love the fact that this book is described as an epic texan battle fantasy i i don't know what that means or if that's a genre onto itself but it's pretty awesome as you can see i picked up the dcbs variant cover for the trade it's just the one trade six glorious epic issues of this small town in western texas and this family dealing with this tragedy the main protagonist of the story is the character of emet quinlan this older gentleman that is suffering from Alzheimer's and when you're starting the story when you're starting this tale it's told like an urban legend if you will from a unseen narrator and when the story picks up you have this character that is suffering from this disease and has gone through many episodes of violence of tragedy and it's his son who takes care of him with his family and the family basically they've had enough you know it's gotten to the point it's so bad it's gotten to the point you either continue down this sad depressing route where the character is not getting any medical assistance or any medical care on a hospice or splitting up this marriage with this little girl stuck in between the wife and husband which by the way this story is basically like i would say a greek myth meets the wizard of Oz basically this tornado comes up and just ruins everything and destroys houses and all that stuff and emet is caught in between the storm which targets the house and out of this storm emet acquires this 12 foot talking uh sword called valofax and it is the most beautiful thing when emet grabs the sword his sickness his illness it disappears he remembers everything he remembers his past life he remembers his wife his son all the cherished memories and all that stuff it all comes back and he really lives everything once again and he knows who he is and that is that is sort of wish fulfillment i guess because uh a lot of people would want that to be a thing we would want uh for family members who are suffering from such things to be able to remember all that stuff and it's a very beautiful way to express it by the act of this deus ex machina if you will this item this mystical mythical item i should say when you grab it all your problems go away however there are consequences when dealing with magical stuff and such is the story of god country very soon he gets a visit from a roman looking god he's from another dimension and universe thing and he is demanding the sword so it's up to this family to figure out what the hell's going on of course the character of emet knows very well because the sword turns out to be a sort of divinity of its own and explains things to him as to his mission and why he was chosen and all that stuff this sword basically has a will of its own so that's sort of the gist of the story i won't go further into it because i might spoil it because it is a short read it's only six issues i promise you you'll read this pretty quickly the action is fluid dynamic it's beautiful the characters are really well written it's smart realistic dialogue and that's not something i typically say on these videos for comic books because the story demands a certain type of dialogue whether it be a hellboy book or a marvel or dc it has a certain flair to the script this however being an independent title it's free to do its own thing but the dialogue it's very realistic even though you're dealing with fantastical elements really cool trippy visuals by jeff shaw which i'll get to in a second it's very real the way these characters talk to each other and the emotion that is being expressed i thought was genuine it was sincere and that's the theme of this book getting second chances not wasting them and if you had that second chance what would you do with it and just go in a town with it man just owning up and living life and doing everything you wanted although it is expressed a bit more fantastical it's still that thematic element of living life and i think god country for that reason and for many more is a title that everybody should check out it's fun it's a very quick read is a very solid story with a great ending and a great message and i got to say it definitely pulls at your heartstrings because there are a couple panels here and there in this book where it's just fabulous jeff captures the raw emotion of this horrible sickness and this these character interactions that yes even though they've seen each other for many years it's like starting over once emet gets that sword it's like it's like that veil is lifted from you that shrouded mist and you finally see that sunny beautiful sky and it's just really pretty it's just a beautiful story that i highly recommend plus the action in it is insane if there was any faults in this book i would say that six issues while the story is self contained and you get it and i understand why it ended in six issues i wish it would have been maybe eight nine or ten issues just to get a little bit more time with these characters because by the end of it everything goes really fast i want it just a tiny bit more this is not a story where you require multiple copies multiple issues to explain things just six issues i get it and you do a satisfying story however like i mentioned you know i'm just a tiny little bit extra each issue is lengthy and there's some meat in there that i think you're gonna enjoy so for me it's a hell yes i really recommend it it's fantastic great art great writing donnie kates is already cementing himself as one of the great spectacular overall god country is really special and i hope you get to pick it up and read it and let me know how much you loved it guys as always thank you so much for liking commenting and subscribing here at a weekend geek them it's truly an honor that i get to do videos about books that i love and stuff that i read and watch and all that stuff to entertain you guys and every like every comment it truly really means the world to me if you're new here thank you and welcome aboard follow me in your favorite social media platform and as always i will catch all of you on our next adventure next video something bye if you had to do an epic texan epic texan was it and if you had to do see it says it right there