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TRANQUILITY gets the thumbs-up from yours truly... Tranquility is not a heroine you can warm up to immediately. Some of her actions are shocking and even brutal. But, to give Van Lente his due, he does a fine job revealing Tranquility's character in layers... Even the lady's talking gun "grows" as the series progresses. Tranquility wants to escape to Earth to find a happiness she has nwever truly known. Trying to achieve that dream takes her into danger, surrounds her with intrigue, and brings her face-to-face with horror. The title doesn't carry a "for mature readers" label for nothing. We should give artist Ellis his due as well... John Q. Public (the "top cop" of the Moon) and Doctor Miranda Gaeia (Tranquility's mother) are unforgettable characters. - TONY ISABELLA

In the far future, a girl's best friend is her gun...

TRANQUILITY is a beautiful former pleasure clone who has become a member of the lunar corporate colony's SECURITY OPERATIONS force with the help of her hyperactive, wise-cracking cybernetic pistol, RODNEY.

But between keeping the peace among the cabin-fever crazed denizens of this orbiting hell-hole and keeping the distance between herself and the formidable demons of her own past, Tranquility is headed straight to the breaking point, fueled by Rodney's maxim that "There's no problem that can't be solved by a little senseless violence."

Here for the first time are the complete published appearances of the hilarious and horrifying science-fiction satire from the multiple-award-winning creators of THE SILENCERS, writer Fred Van Lente and artist Steve Ellis. Collects TRANQUILITY #1-4 as well as the short stories that appeared in NEGATIVE BURN, STREAM MAGAZINE, KISS & TELL, and more.

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Click here for the first ten pages of the never-published TRANQUILITY #5 by Fred & Steve! (1.7MB file)

CREATORS:

Fred Van Lente (Writer)

Steve Ellis (Artist)