A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death Synopsis

Reprinting Alexis Deacon's Geis Vol. I: A Matter of Life and Death and Geis Vol. 2: A Game Without Rules in a brand-new format with a stunning new cover.

"Fans of high fantasy, especially those who have read the adventures of a certain boy wizard and now want something with more teeth to it, will enjoy this book."
-STARRED REVIEW, School Library Journal

"Tangled forests, deserts, bat-filled caverns, rivers, and medieval towns are rendered in loose brushwork with clumps of gorgeous detail, a meeting of Maurice Sendak and Pieter Bruegel."
-Publisher's Weekly


"Readers will give themselves over to the dreamlike, immersive narrative."
-Kirkus Reviews


"Utterly fascinating."
-Youth Services Book Reviews

"Gorgeously drawn and full of characters to root for-and against.
-Slate, Slate's 10 Favorite Comics of 2016

"An engrossing fantasy tale that manages the neat trick of seeming both familiar and fresh."
-The AV Club

"This first volume in an anticipated trilogy is a lightning paced, tragic, and gripping start; readers will eagerly await the next outing."
-STARRED REVIEW, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books



"a genuinely exciting fantasy book, with interesting characters and plot...I was turning every page as fast as I could just to see whatever happened next!"
-Comics Vs. The World

"Easily the best thing I've read all year without doubt....you will lose all sense of time and place while reading."
-11 O'Clock Comics

"The best thing published this year […] Like Squid Game in a fantasy setting." -11 O'Clock Comics podcast



After an evil sorceress casts a spell, a community is sent into a tailspin, fighting for survival. Book one of the mind-bending graphic novel series, featuring gripping action, supernatural mystery, and magical fantasy worlds where fifty souls battle in a contest to become the ruler of an island. A stunning fantasy epic unlike any other!

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