Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the word go. His father created the mega-popular Tommy Taylor boy-wizard fantasy novels.
But dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom that fans constantly compare him to his counterpart, turning him into a lame, Z-level celebrity. When a scandal hints that Tom might really be the boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a mysterious, deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. Now, to protect his life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, to all the places in world history where fictions have shaped reality.
The Unwritten Compendium One collects The Unwritten #1-30 and The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice #1!
Mike Carey is an Eisner-nominated writer, known for Lucifer (2000), Hellblazer, and The Unwritten. He is a prolific, classic Vertigo creator and has written hundreds of comics for DC, Marvel, 2000 AD, and BOOM! Studios. Outside of comics, Mike is a successful novelist as well. His sci-fi horror novel The Girl with All the Gifts was adapted into a feature film in 2016.
Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the word go. His father created the mega-popular Tommy Taylor boy-wizard fantasy novels.
But dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom that fans constantly compare him to his counterpart, turning him into a lame, Z-level celebrity. When a scandal hints that Tom might really be the boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a mysterious, deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. Now, to protect his life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, to all the places in world history where fictions have shaped reality.
The Unwritten Compendium One collects The Unwritten #1-30 and The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice #1!
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Mike Carey is an Eisner-nominated writer, known for Lucifer (2000), Hellblazer, and The Unwritten. He is a prolific, classic Vertigo creator and has written hundreds of comics for DC, Marvel, 2000 AD, and BOOM! Studios. Outside of comics, Mike is a successful novelist as well. His sci-fi horror novel The Girl with All the Gifts was adapted into a feature film in 2016.
