Silent Assassin is a graphic novel

Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

 series from Terminal Press

Terminal Press

Terminal Press is an Independent Comic Book Publisher based out of Long Beach, New York.Terminal Press was started in 2001 by Brian Ferrara, who is the company's president and Editor-in-Chief. Ferrara was joined by art director Narek Gevorgian and lead illustrator Rolo Ledesma shortly after...

 written by Brian Ferrara

Brian Ferrara

Brian Ferrara is a writer and a musician who founded and runs the publishing and entertainment company Terminal Press since 2001. He recorded music under the alias CHOJIN since 1997 and has contributed soundtrack music to the Dreamcast games, Feet of Fury and 3D Invaders. Brian has gone on to...

. The artwork was penciled, colored, and lettered by Narek Gevorgian, and inked by Don Redick. The series debuted in 2004 with the release of the 48-page perfect-bound

Bookbinding

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 science-fiction comic book, Silent Assassin: Understanding Trauma. The first issue tells the story of a deformed and abused child's journey to becoming an assassin. Silent Assassin: Disorder Of A System is planned as the next graphic novel in the series, but as of June 2008 it has not been released.

Plot summary

On a world populated by aliens, drew tuason is the newest silent assassin .he is a foreigner, deformed by the horrors and hurt by those who should have been his protectors. He's felt pain, seen things, and inflicted atrocities that would have killed lesser beings. If he could speak, he'd tell you all about it.