Shaman Warrior: Volume 1

by Park Joong-Ki

Book Overview

Presented in the original Korean format, Shaman Warrior is a dramatic fantasy series with a kinetic style that will appeal to fans of Blade of the Immortal and Vagabond From the desert wastelands emerge two mysterious warriors, master wizard Yarong and his faithful servant Batu. On a grave mission from their king, they have yet to realize the whirlwind of political movements and secret plots that will soon engulf them and change their lives forever...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159307638X
• ISBN13: 9781593076382
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great for a Blade of the Immortal fan

My husband is a huge Blade of the Immortal fan. I have gotten him the first book of the series and will continue to purchase the rest based on the first one.

Left wanting more

It's going to have to wait till I'm done with Vagabond, but this series is definitely a winner. Great action, great plot. Looking forward to the rest of it.

SPECTACULAR OPENER TO THE HIT KOREAN MANHWA

One of Korea's to-selling Manhwa titles is now available in English thanks to the good people at Dark Horse Comics. Shaman Warrior is one of the most exquisitely drawn Manga or Manhwa titles I've ever seen. Incredible depth and detail and some of the most ferocious battle sequences combine to make this a stunning hit. Master Yarong is a Shaman Warrior, and elite order of warriors, gifted with fantastic fighting and spiritual abilities. Yarong and his warrior-servant Batu are given a mission by their general to journey out to the borders of the kingdom of Kugai and keep track of the movements of an exiled warrior named Aragorn who is gathering his forces. It seems as if someone doesn't want them to succeed, however. The pair are set upon by scores of desert bandits under the command of Yuda, the Death Lord. This is wherecreator Park Joong-Ki truly shines. The battle scenes are simply breath-taking. Often times, the fight scenes in manga/manhwa titles can be hard to follow as their tendency is for tight close-ups. Not so with Shaman Warrior as Joong-Ki takes a wider angle view of the action, and lets the reader truly be dazzled by the fighting prowess of Yarong and Batu. We will also see that Yarong holds a couple of very interesting secrets up his sleeve. Shaman Warrior not only surprised me with the art, but with the complex storyline for which I won't give away the spoilers. There were a lot of shocks and surprises! Dark Horse has a penchant for hooking their wagon to a winner and they've done so again with the first volume of Shaman Warrior. Reviewed by Tim Janson