Chapter #4 - "A Spy in the House of Long" Released!

Hey gang,

We're very excited to announce the release of Chapter 4 of our fan-made Half-Life comic, A Place in the West. Once again coming in at a total of 30 pages, Chapter 4 – titled A Spy in the House of Long – picks up immediately after the events of the third chapter. The fallout from the Pit disaster spreads throughout the city, bringing its competing factions into conflict. Fearing a loss of power, Governor Moore acts to quell Sejal Rajani's Opposition - a group of dissenters with a radical plan for the city's future - forcing Major-General Long to resort to extreme measures to reassert control.

Chapter 4 was created by the same art team that delivered The Pit – Kristian Rossi (pencils), Ivan Miranda (inks), Ester Salguero (colours) and Javier Puga (letters) – and features some of the most visually arresting scenes from the comic so far. We couldn't be happier with the finished product, and we're convinced it's the best yet.

Hopefully you will, too.



The script for Chapter 5 – titled The Eyes of the People – has been completed and is undergoing a few final adjustments before going into production early next year. It marks the end of the present, 3-chapter arc ("Masquerade" as we call it), and brings some of the current storylines to what we hope is a pretty dramatic conclusion!

Of course, before you get to see that we'll be delivering the third interlude (small, 3-5 page shorts released for free) somewhere within January/February. We're really eager to get this one into your hands – it's similarly cosmic in setting as Nal Sidian was, but unlike that piece of Dreyfus' backstory, it really gets the narrative's wheels moving, and delivers something of a game-changer. More on that (and other things) in the new year...

In the meantime, please do enjoy Chapter 4, and, as ever, let us know what you think!

Ross and Mike