The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1) by Tim Probert
Published by HarperAlley on September 1, 2020
ISBN: 0062990470
Pages: 247
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy
Format: Graphic Novel
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The set-up graphic novel to what promises to be a dazzling graphic novel series. While in the forest, Bea meets Cad, a Galdurian in search of help from the Pig Wizard. Turns out, Bea is his granddaughter so she brings Cad to Salty Pig’s Tonics and Tinctures to meet the Pig Wizard. Unfortunately, her grandfather has remembered that the Seal of the Restless Sleeper needs to be checked and it’s his job to do it. In the note to Bea, her grandfather explains that he doesn’t seem to know exactly where the Seal is. Bea and Cad decide to set out and find him as Bea is sure that he will surely need help. This is the setup for the perfect quest graphic novel. In crisply drawn panels with a palette of rusts and teals, the two reluctant adventurers face strange creatures and precarious situations. This first volume ends on a mighty cliffhanger that promises more adventures, and these will be eagerly snapped up by readers. Recommend for Cream of the Crop.

Reviewed by Jill O’Connor, Merrill Library, Yarmouth