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This edition is the 2017 reprint with a movie tie-in cover. The Coldest Winter is the 2016 prequel to The Coldest City (the 2012 graphic novel that would become 2017's Atomic Blonde), again written by Antony Johnston but with artist Stephen Perkins replacing Sam Hart. Even if you haven't read the first book or seen Atomic Blonde, this is a great caper that stands on its own. Cityscapes are spectacular to look at, and faces are immaculately detailed and expressive.Īntony Johnston really hit his stride with this book and I hope to see more cold war adventures from him if they maintain this style. The artwork continues to be excellent, with a new artist, Steven Perkins, providing a somewhat more realistic, somewhat Sin City-esque rendering, in contrast with the more stylized (but still excellent) proportions in the first book. It's more straightforward, but in a good way that makes it flow better. I felt like the various deceptions and plot twists were better portrayed, showing lots of clever tricks as opposed to the harder to comprehend political maneuverings of the first book. There's much more intrigue this time around and you really root for Percival to hopefully pull it off. The plot concern him trying to get a potential informant out of Berlin while the Russians are trying to take the informant back to Russia. The story kicks off with David Percival bungling an operation and being offered a chance at redemption, so already there's much more of a character-centric motivation for events this time around. Fortunately, Antony Johnston's followup, which is actually a prequel, presents a far more compelling and enjoyable tale of cold war trickery that can be enjoyed without needing to read it's predecessor. cold, while it had an interesting plot, I found it lacking in character, and felt it was so bogged down in codenames and minutia that it forgot to tell a truly compelling story. He wrote and directed the film Crossover Point, made entirely in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.Īn experienced podcaster and public speaker, he also frequently writes articles on the life of an author, and is a prolific musician.Īntony is a former vice chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, a member of International Thriller Writers and the Society of Authors, a Shore Scripts screenwriting judge, and sits on the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s videogames committee. His immense body of work also includes Marvel superheroes such as Daredevil and Shang-Chi, the Alex Rider graphic novels, the post-apocalypse epic Wasteland, and more. His work on Silent Hill Ascension made him the only writer in the world to have contributed to all of gaming’s ‘big three’ horror franchises. And his productivity guide The Organised Writer has helped authors all over the world take control of their workload.Īntony is a celebrated videogames writer, with genre-defining titles including Dead Space, Shadow of Mordor, and Resident Evil Village to his credit.

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His murder mystery series The Dog Sitter Detective won the Barker Book Award. The Charlize Theron movie Atomic Blonde was based on his graphic novel. Kurt Johnstad (300) wrote the screenplay.** Sign up for Antony's newsletter at **Īntony Johnston is one of the most versatile writers of the modern era.

Also starring John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella and Toby Jones, the film is based on the Oni Press graphic novel series“The Coldest City,” by Antony Johnston & illustrator Sam Hart. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.Ī blistering blend of sleek action, gritty sexuality and dazzling style, Atomic Blonde is directed by David Leitch (John Wick, upcoming Deadpool 2). The crown jewel of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Oscar® winner Charlize Theron explodes into summer in Atomic Blonde, a breakneck action-thriller that follows MI6’s most lethal assassin through a ticking time bomb of a city simmering with revolution and double-crossing hives of traitors.