Even without the severe continuity lockout, I would have found the violence (and even swearing, and I enjoy my Roy Kents and Jackson Lambs) excessive. Because of the continuity lockout, I was entirely uninterested in (and unaware of) who these characters were or why the stakes of the story mattered. I don’t know why this standalone story would be put into a Humble Bundle. In fact, if I remember correctly that there was some throwaway language in the Bundle about this being accessible as an introduction to the series or a standalone story, whoever wrote that is a liar.

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