| Description: |
After being viciously murdered, Susan Linden is reborn fully grown as the Black Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, destined to avenge her own death. Now, as this demigoddess attempts to reconcile human memory and botanical origins, she must untangle the webs of deception and secrets that led to her death. |
| Synopsis: |
After being viciously murdered, Susan Linden is reborn fully grown as theBlack Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, destined to avenge her own death.Now, as this demigoddess attempts to reconcile human memory and botanicalorigins, she must untangle the webs of deception and secrets that led to herdeath. Beginning in the cold streets of a heartless metropolis and ending in theAmazon rainforest, this book takes the reader on a journey through secrets,suffering and self-rediscovery.Before introducing the modern version of The Sandman, Neil Gaimanwrote this dark tale that reinvented a strange DC Comics super hero in theVertigo mold. Featuring spectacular art by Gaiman's frequent collaborator, DaveMcKean, Black Orchid is now collected in a deluxe tradepaperback. |