Description

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In 1766 an insatiable vampire sails from London to the Malabar Coast, aboard an East India Company ship. But along the shores of the Indus lurk darker and more ancient powers, and a war is brewing in the night.

 

ALONG THESE SAVAGE SHORES, WHERE THE DAYS ARE SCORCHED AND THE NIGHTS ARE FULL OF TEETH.

Two centuries after the first European ship sailed to the Malabar Coast and made landfall at Calicut, The East India Company seeks to secure its future along the lucrative Silk Route, in the year 1766. An old evil now sails aboard a company ship, hoping to make a home in this new found land. But he will soon find that the ground along the Indus is an ancient one with daemons and legends far older than himself.

Collects the complete, bestselling five issue series.

From bestselling and award-winning writer Ram V (Eisner Award winner Blue in Green (Image Comics), The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (BOOM! Studios), Grafity's Wall (Dark Horse), Batman,Detective Comics, Justice League Dark, Swamp Thing, Catwoman (DC Comics), and Venom (Marvel)) and star artist Sumit Kumar (Justice League Dark, Justice League, Batman (DC Comics)) comes the savagely haunting tale of blood and vengeance.

"These Savage Shores transports elements of Dracula to the Silk Route of the 1700s, bringing that text’s themes of xenophobia into an entirely new light and melding it with far older legends of India." -- Paste Magazine

"... a lush horror story that devours colonialists." -- AV Club

 

 

About the Author

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Ram V is an award-winning author and creator of comics & graphic novels such as These Savage Shores and Radio Apocalypse (VAULT COMICS), Paradiso, Blue In Green, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, Grafity’s Wall & Ruin of Thieves. His short stories and comics have appeared in several anthologies.
His most recent work includes Batman: Secret Files for DC Comics.
Ram V is based in the UK
https://www.ram-v.com/
https://twitter.com/therightram              
https://www.instagram.com/ramvwrites/

Sumit Kumar - visual storyteller and illustrator
Hometown: New Delhi/India
https://twitter.com/kumar_sumit92?lang=en
https://www.instagram.com/artofsumitkumar/?hl=en
https://www.deviantart.com/sumit92artist

Aditya Bidikar is a comics letterer based in India. His recent work includes The White Trees, Little Bird, Bloodborne and These Savage Shores, among others.
Hometown: Pune/India
https://twitter.com/adityab
https://www.instagram.com/adityabidikar/

Vittorio Astone is a colorist, artist, and freelance illustrator
Hometown: Rome/Italy
https://vittorioastone.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/astonevittorio
https://www.deviantart.com/drmanhattan-va
https://www.artstation.com/astone