At the head of his small business itinerant funeral, Jonas Crow American Western surveyed by offering its services but the harsh arid regions and tough that it runs rather leave bones bleach in the sun. With his name Scavenger [= raven crow] Jonas can only sassocier a taciturn urubu that he baptizes Jed.
Called by business Anoki City, Crow met the wealthy owner of Joe Cusco gold mines in the region and unscrupulous exploiter of local people. Cusco market dautant his funeral that he has programmed his death and commissioned her governess, Rose Prairie dexécuter his last wishes. Stilted, beautiful young woman seems also incorporates what is manic. His boss told him what dailleurs "as dry quun coup stick and bounded as a donkey." Cusco swallows a bonanza in gold nuggets. His body will be buried intact in the gold mine which provided him his first lode otherwise anonymous hostage will be tortured and killed by Indian paid accordingly. Rose and Jonas have only three days to get to Cusco but failed to take into account the frustrations and ambitions of minors who do not want to be deprived of their livelihood. Discontent given way to anger and guns replace the picks.
Rightly praised by a unanimous criticism, the first volume is gratifying dune promising series from beginning to end. Credible story is well constructed. The characters appear in their juice and are revealed as, digging their Dombre areas sexposant in their flesh and their guts. The dramaturgy orchestra slow, dull and brutal rise of violence with a crescendo of suspense. The liveliness of the dialogues and situations lincongruité could think of a western parody but the story unfolds relentlessly sagitent a tragedy in which the main characters and a plurality of second well drawn and convincing knives. Ralph Meyer brushes to control her: slender and legible graphics, beautiful composition boards, dynamic framing, expressive faces, well rendered scenery and colors finely made creating successful environments. Undertaker suffers no comparison with the dune Blueberry Giraud and Charlier.
