Not being familiar with Fairbairn's body of work, I picked up this title based solely on the premise: aliens + Crusaders + a good dash of religiosity. I went in with no expectations and was pleasantly surprised. My main complaint (which is really more of a compliment) is that Fairbairn created such rich and interesting characters that I wanted more of them. Even though there isn't any internal dialog or lengthy speeches, the personality of each character is solidly portrayed. And almost each one...

The Crusades plus sci-fi! I love it! Great story, great art, great aliens. Thank you Nathan and Matt!

The artwork was fun, but the characters are underdeveloped and the story doesn't really go anywhere. It takes a fun idea (aliens invading during a crusade back in the 1200s), then does absolutely nothing with it. Even the aliens are boring, being nothing more than a violent, gory, plot device. We're given no explanation about how they got on earth, or why they do what they do; they simply show up and kill things. One star for the story, and one extra star because the artwork was decent.

Not a fan of the artwork, the dialogue was quite boring, and the plot did not intrigue. Sadly, I will not continue reading this graphic novel nor the series.

This could have been titled Knights vs. Aliens. A spaceship crashes in 13th century France. Villagers are attacked by these animalistic flea / dog aliens. Knights show up and battle them. There's not a ton of plot here but I enjoyed the book nonetheless. Matt Smith provides art reminiscent of Jeff Smith of Bone fame. I dug it.Received an advance copy from Image and Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

One long flight from Phoenix to Toronto, one new series under my belt. The writing and art are excellent, and the parallelism between jihadism and crusading is a clear and present reminder that we haven't overcome these tendencies in the past 800 years.One thing irritated me, though: the extraterrestrial threats are so clearly inspired by Alien Xenomorphs, so was this a spec script for an Alien comic later repurposed or what? I'd be OK with that, but I'd like it clarified.

(4,3 of 5 - remember movie Cowboys & Aliens? Here you have templars and aliens and it's so much better)I got this to my read list thanks to the topic (I like templars/knights) and the art. And I must say it delivered. It's a great adventure, grim, thrilling and with all the hope when you get some medieval knight in front of ferocious aliens. The story is fun (not funny), very adventurous and I was enjoying it the whole time. Characters are quite a stereotypical archetypes but working good in the...

Alot more enjoyable than I was expecting. Kinda like Cowboys vs Aliens but with Knights. I really enjoyed Matt Smiths artwork

Solid art, but the characters were shallow and the plot did not live up to early promise.

Toss Cowboys & Aliens, Predator, Kingdom of Heaven, and Aliens into a blender and you’d get something like Lake of Fire, a delightfully entertaining mishmash of action movie clichés. Sure, there’s not much novel or groundbreaking happening here, but that’s okay—a well-executed reheat is sometimes just the thing. Think of this as cold pizza for breakfast.

This book takes place completely in France during the Albigensian Crusade. You won't walk away from the book knowing anything about this Crusade and very little about the Cathars. No explanation of the psychology of siege and massacre to put the massacre at Beziers in historical perspective. Cursing is all modern instead of proper language of the time (God's Wounds!). I subscribed to the single issues. The art work is solid and there is some decent character development. I do wish this story was...

More of this, please!

The "worst" thing I have to say about this comic it's too short! A collection of all FIVE volume of Lake Of Fire in one volume is mix of historical fiction and sci fi. Set during the Crusade the book has band of Crusaders and Cathar heretic joining forces to fight bug alien that crash landed in France. Prepare to cry also. The art work is also good.

Pretty much the same set-up as Attack the Block, except that here the thugs start from the even less forgiveable position of participants in the Albigensian Crusade, and instead of a mugged nurse their female victim-turned-ally is a Cathar. Which makes it sound like I didn't enjoy this, but it works surprisingly well. Yes, the characters largely talk and think like moderns, but there's a basic grasp of history here which avoids the serious sort of jarringly dumb anachronism you often find in far...

Reading the individual issues, the major complaint I have about this series is that it's too short. It's sad that a series with such great storytelling and heartfelt scenes has to end after only five issues. But what powerful issues those are. From the start, Nathan Fairbairn took time to develop his characters and his plot. Characters like Sir Raymond and Hugh are likeable because they have some surprises up their sleeves and they wield real emotional power. Admittedly, Bernadette, the sole fem...

I picked this graphic novel up at Half Price Book because it was in the Clearance section and it looked interesting. I’m glad I did! This is a fun, engaging read about crusaders in 12th century France who meet... aliens?!? I enjoyed the way religion was handled in this novel. The Crusades are a *touchy* subject (to say the least), bit the authors did a good job of discussing both sides and making the characters sympathetic. Of course, not all the characters are well developed; which brings me to...

Lake of Fire is more concept than story, which is this: what if aliens invaded France in the Middle Ages. Now, it's an intriguing concept and balance of sword-slashing knights and gory space monsters. Kind of a sci-fi "Beowulf." But "Beowulf" has Beowulf, the hero, and Grendel, the monster. Lake of Fire has a sprawling cast of underdeveloped characters...the proud young knight, his kind and faithful friend, the washed-up cynic hero looking for redemption, the marginalized but brilliant heroine,

Completely unnecessary and opportunistic purchase that I would never have made had it not been agreeably cheap. It's unashamedly trope-tastic and yet it makes it through to the end without collapsing in on itself. The story begins with some humour and manages to inject enough humanity into each character so that when the action ramps up and the aliens start attacking, we are invested enough to care. There is nothing terribly memorable here, but it's serviceable, b-movie sword vs. monster antics....

This one was an all around great action story!Lake of fire is set in 1220 but unlike other stories about knights, aliens have crashed on earth and what unfolds is a bloody, action packed adventure that I really enjoyed.There was actually quite a lot of character development and I really liked the way the action was drawn, very easy to follow what was going on. The story was quite simple but that meant I could just have fun reading it. Overall I really liked the concept of this story and I defini...