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Written by: SHANE McCARTHY

Art by: ALEX MILNE

Colors by: JOSH PEREZ

Letters by: CHRIS MOWRY

Editor: DENTON J. TIPTON

Consulting Editor: ANDY SCHMIDT

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STORY SO FAR...

Faced with the choice of selling out the Knights or fighting alongsidethem, Drift chooses to make his stand on the side of good.

Knowing that the slavers are only aware of a few of them, Drift and theKnights decide to leave Crystal City and make a suicidal stand in order tosave the lives of everyone in the hidden city. Drift had hoped the wholecity would stand and fight, yet Dai Atlas, the leader of the Knights,

refuses to allow it to happen in an attempt to protect the city from war.

Now, Drift and the Knights must make a stand against hundreds in thehopes that they save the lives of thousands...

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