''The Blackburne Covenant'' is a four-issue

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published in

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. All four issues are written by

Fabian Nicieza Fabian Nicieza (born December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as ''X-Men'', ''X-Force'', ''New Warriors'', ''Nomad'', ''Cable'', ''Deadpool'' and '' Thunderbolts ...

with the art by

Stefano Raffaele Stefano Raffaele (born March 15, 1970) is an Italian comics book artist. Biography Born in Milan, his first published work was in '' Lazarus Ledd'' #4 in 1994. From the following year, he worked for American comics series such as ''New Gods'', '' ...

Plot

Horror writer Richard Kaine has just succeeded in writing his first best selling novel, ''Wintersong'', about a

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nature worshipping cult that is destroyed by an organization named the Blackburne Covenant. While celebrating, Richard begins to exhibit the supernatural ability to contact a lifeforce of nature called the Greenway. Over the course of the series Richard discovers that his novel is not the fiction he thought it was. He must discover just what the Greenway is and survive the assassination attempts by agents of the still existing Blackburne Covenant.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a single

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: *''The Blackburne Covenant'' (104 pages, hardcover, January 2004, )

References

External links

Series profile from Dark Horse Comics' official site
{{DarkHorse-Comics-stub Horror comics