My Review of The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay & Tracy Lynne Oliver

Title: The Sacrifice of Darkness 
Author: Roxane Gay & Tracy Lynne Oliver 
Published: Expected October 27, 2020
Published by: Archaia 
Genre: Science Fiction Graphic Novel 
Pages: 128 pages 

Review: 
This story is unique  in a lot of ways. At the beginning it shows a miner Hiram Highwater breaking down from the greed of the company working the miners and he drives his plane into the sun causing the sun to go out for everyone. The town was forced to use lanterns to bring light to the town to bring back some normalcy of night and day and basically to be able to see, with the light going out this also caused the town to be cold. This brought out a lot of resentment towards Hiram's wife Mara and his son Joshua.
Then, the story switches between the love story about Hiram and Mara then Joshua and Claire. How they came to be together, how Mara's family did not approve of Mara becoming a wife of a miner and how she went ahead and married him. Then, it switches back to how Joshua and Claire start hanging out and their love develops and they get married and eventually have a daughter.
I really enjoyed this graphic novel and the story line. It was hooking and kept me interested. The story definitely was deeper than I originally thought and the wealthy and the influential people of the mines that they became greedy basically forced the workers to work overtime to get all the minerals that they wanted out of the mines. I definitely recommend this graphic novel to anyone who enjoys a good love story and a little bit of a mystery! I definitely will check out more from this author as well!

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