Trish's Reviews > Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages

With the war over and the Adversary captured, Fabletown needs to find a political solution. For one, Gepetto is forcibly retired - or at least they are trying. Naturally, many of the Fables don't want him to get sanctuary as it means his past sins are forgiven. CAN the things he did BE forgiven? Especially since he's far from repentent?



Then, there is a new big bad. You see, Gepetto wasn't entirely wrong when he bitched and whined about the order he brought and all the stuff that was left lying around unguarded now. And one such unguarded secret ... well.



One thing leads to another and it's destruction and mayhem without us really knowing who the new big bad is. One thing's for sure, though: he's fucking powerful if even Frau Totenkinder fears him!



Add to that the most serious repercussion of the war: (view spoiler)[Boy Blue having been poisoned by something and actually dying (hide spoiler)]! Considering that (view spoiler)[the arrow (hide spoiler)] was actually meant to (view spoiler)[kill Bigby (hide spoiler)], that was rather surprising - but no less sad ((view spoiler)[though I think we were already shown the way he can come back (hide spoiler)])!

Quite a kick in the proverbial nuts and one hell of a wake-up call. Very interesting!