This issue picks up right where the last volume left us, with the death of our hero Zeke Jenkins by the hands of the story’s villain Monica Thorne. The ominous tone sets up the long awaited stand off between Thorne and the Jenkins family, with Sergeant Andrea Jenkins leading the charge.

For newbies, this issue reminds me of watching soap operas with my mother — although you’ll be thoroughly entertained, newcomers will be badgering Guillory with a list of incessant questions. Like, “why won’t Thorne kill Jedidiah? What’s so important about Zeke’s mother’s dead body? Why do some of the “plant folks” in Freetown, Louisiana look bad, others look worse and some look downright disgusting.” Some of these questions are part of Farmhand’s mystique; other answers can be found in previous volumes.

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