Canto Volume 5: A Place Like Home - by David M Booher (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The Shrouded Man Saga concludes in a climactic battle for the fate of the Unnamed World! The brave clockwork soldier, CANTO, must face the powerful tyrant and return his real heart.

Before Canto's journey began, his people had been enslaved, forbidden to have names or to love one another, their hearts taken and replaced with clocks. When Canto secretly fell in love with a clockwork girl, the slavers damaged her clock as punishment. Canto embarked on a fantastical quest to save her. He faced the evil sorcerer known as the Shrouded Man, only to learn there were no hearts left to repair his love. The vile wizard had destroyed them. Not all was lost, though. Returning home, Canto learned his people had taken courage from his quest and had overthrown their captors. Canto may not have saved his beloved, but his people were now free.

Such precarious freedom did not last. The Shrouded Man struck again, pushing Canto on a new quest to protect his people. Canto traded his own clock to carry the ultimate weapon against the Shrouded Man--the wizard's own heart! Now, the final battle against tyranny looms. With new allies and a weapon to save all of the Unnamed World, Canto will stand tall with all the allies he's gathered and face his evil foe one last time.

Join Eisner- and GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer David M. Booher (Ghostbusters, Dungeons & Dragons) and fan-favorite artist Drew Zucker (The House, Godzilla Monster-verse) as they bring this beloved fantasy epic to its thrilling conclusion.

Collects Canto: A Place Like Home #1-#6.

Review Quotes

"Canto is not to be missed."-The Nerdist

"The creative team of Canto has found a way to portray a universe of actual darkness where the ultimate act of heroism is to find a way for a heart to be found."-Gabriel Rodríguez, co-creator of Locke and Key

"I had admittedly set some rather high expectations but I still wasn't prepared for how hard this hit me in the feels. To have evoked so much emotion in such a short space of time is no easy feat. I'm not saying this will have you welling up, but if it doesn't at least stir you, maybe you've had your heart replaced too."-Big Comic Page

"Dark and magical with a glowing heart of gold. If The Wizard of Oz and Labyrinth gave birth to a hero, it would be Canto."-Delilah S. Dawson (Star Wars: Phasma, Marvel Action: Spider-Man)

"A gorgeously illustrated epic."-Comic Week

"A comic...steadily creating a modern heroic myth."-ComicCrusaders

"The next great fantasy epic."-Comicon.com

About the Author

DAVID M. BOOHER is a multiple Eisner­ and GLAAD nominated writer of comics, television, and film. His most recent comics work includes Eisner- and GLADD-nominated KILLER QUEENS (Dark Horse), Eisner-nominated RAIN (Image/Syzygy), CANTO (IDW), SPECS (Boom! Studios), ALL NEW FIREFLY (Boom! Studios), and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: SATURDAY MORNING ADVENTURES (IDW). His all-ages fantasy series CANTO is in development as a feature film, which he is set to adapt. His LGBTQ-led KILLER QUEENS was featured in the New York Times as a must read in honor of Pride Month. A lawyer by training, he lives in Los Angeles with his husband and the true brains behind their operation--their adopted greyhounds.

Drew Zucker is an American based comic book artist. A 2010 graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, the Co-Creator and artist of CANTO (Dark Horse), The House (Dark Horse/Kickstarter), & Skybreaker (IDW/Monkey Brain). His work has been featured by IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Comics and DC Comics.