Premium British Ice Cubes for Cocktails & Drinks - Perfect for Home Bars, Parties & Restaurants

Although author Owen D. Pomery makes clear that this is a fictional story, it feels authentic. In the mid-1980s, a career diplomat, Harrison Fleet, is sent to an Arctic island still controlled by the British. The native inhabitants don’t want him there, and the previous commissioner in charge has disappeared. While trying to determine what happened, Harrison struggles with living up to the reputation of his father, a noted ambassador who put British interests above those of whatever colony he was responsible for. There’s also the legacy of the man who settled the island for Britain one hundred years ago and some mysterious discovery he made and actions he took.Harrison is not a strong personality, but he is someone trying to chart his own way without any idea of how to or what he should be doing, and no support either from his previous background nor the members of his new community. I found that sympathetic, as uncertainty is a common occurrence these days. Particularly since a wrong decision could mean death from a variety of methods.The style is simple, many panels of people talking with barren backgrounds.The occasional wide shot, large panels of the setting, establish a remote feeling of abandonment well-suited to the material, particularly when it comes to a previous official’s ridiculously formal house in the middle of an ice plain.The book is monochrome, blue-grey and icy feeling. The extreme weather is an external marker of how remote Harrison is, left on his own to be frozen out.The eventual revelations are not surprising, but overall, this is a book to read for tone and to spark discussion. I found it unusually timely for it having such an eternal feel. This is a confrontation that has been and keeps happening as culture must change to incorporate more points of view. (Review originally posted at ComicsWorthReading.com.)