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Ini Ellam Maraname - My View


I am a great fan of horror, scientific, history, magical and psychological stories. If I come across any story dealing with these areas it brings in an enormous joy. Most of the time I will become as one of the lead characters and will end up into this mysterious beautiful world. Even if the story is average, I enjoy them. Now imagine, I am coming across a mind-blowing awesome story in this area. It will be a treat and I would be on cloud nine. That was my experience with this story.

Martin stories are generally called as Martin mysteries. His stories are always of mysteries and one way or other connected to strange facts. Another important part of Martin stories are the twists. A twist inside a twist which in turn would have more twists inside it. But it will be engaging and would give a good travel experience.

However, this story is one of its kinds in the Martin series. It didn’t have twists inside twists but on the contrary, travels pretty straight. Still, when it comes to keeping the reader engaged doesn’t go down even in one panel. The only drawback I can point out is few lengthy old dialogues in Tamil which could have been avoided. The artwork of the book was top notch and pretty much complimented the story in all ways. Explaining a biological part is a tough job and it was handled nicely in this story. The book might be in black and white but still, its artwork is good enough to make you go for it. Watch the eyes of the characters in the book and their expressions. Those are proof for the hard work the team has put in.

New York City is witnessing series of attacks which resembles the 10 plagues of Egypt as said in Bible. Though all attacks resemble the Godly punishment act in real it is due to genetic engineering. The authorities are in search to find out who is or who are responsible for these acts; while at the same time they must handle the consequences and prepare for the attacks. Martin is called into the team who are part of the investigation and how Martin solves the mystery is rest of the story. 

If you want to make a good story out of your hero make the villain and his premise stronger than the hero. Any story which has followed this rule hasn’t seen many failures and this one too doesn’t. Until the end, I was never able to guess who the villain is and in it lays the real success of the story. The way human mind changes and can lead to good and bad are easily captured in this story. The hero fails in a lot of places but also closely edges towards the enemy at every instance. What kind of attack the next one is going to be and how it is going to be and what genetic modification is involved and how the team and hero are going to handle it makes the whole premise an interesting and engaging one. The best part of the book is the fusion of science and religion inside the story. In a way, it proves religion and science are not opposite as we think but are interrelated. This one definitely reminded me of Dan Brown stories.

There are few comics which I always felt will do well as a movie. Pandemonium, Jason Brice, Halloween night and now this one too joins the list. Not only this is one of the best Martin story but also one of the best story that I have read across. If it had been in colour its impact and experience would have been even more and of course, the size of the book could have been in the bigger league.

Highly recommend this for everyone

P.S: The title and inside front cover are a huge let off



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  1. King Viswa25 Nov 2016, 00:19:00

    All the very best, Vicky.

    After all, all the insistence from Yours truly has yielded in the way of this blog.

    Continue to write more and more.

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    1. Unknown25 Nov 2016, 00:24:00

      Thanks for the kind words. I see it more as a place where I can share my views and save them for future

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    2. King Viswa25 Nov 2016, 00:41:00

      Isn't that what we've discussed?
      Also, do share some of your earlier posts from FB.

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