Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, makes his comics writing debut with this epic, eight-issue saga of a young girl in a futuristic world where monsters are all but unheard of - and now she's got to chase them all out of the shadows.Īs a professional thief, Melaka Fray has seen her share of danger and excitement. Now she's got another job proposal put in front of her, and her life will never be the same.
After finishing a routine breaking and entering job, she's returned to her apartment to find an eight-foot-tall demon. And, heaven help her if she fails.įray's world has been turned upside down. When the forces of darkness come calling, Fray will be transformed from street urchin of a disposable society to its only savior. Add to that vampires, demons and other grim, supernatural threats that cower in shadows and skulk late-night streets. In the future, the world is a manmade, hopeless hell. She's Melaka Fray, a beautiful, young girl that's about to meet her destiny, whether she wants to or not. You've never seen a world like this, and neither has she. The series includes eight issues, collected in a trade paperbacks and a hardcover. Telling her origins story of discovering her identity as the Slayer, the events take place before Melaka's appearances in Tales and Time of Your Life, Part One.She doesn't have any of the Slayer psychic abilities, and her only source of information is a demon named Urkonn of the D'Avvrus, who has his own agenda. In the 23rd century, Melaka Fray is the first Slayer to be called in a long time, when the Watchers Council is all but destroyed.
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