War in the Skull Nebula! Vic and company join Forged teams Rapier and Gladius to bring the fight to the Phobes-and Vic goes MIA. Meanwhile, General Davian struggles to uncover just what the Empress-and her Cassandras-are up to!

Collecting the first arc of the comic that combines the pulp-sci-fi-over-the-top-frenzied-mayhem of Operation: Black Box with the spirit of Heavy Metal and any other comics you tried to hide from your parents! Meet the Forged, elite warriors in service to the Eternal Empress. It's a routine recovery op on a distant world. What could possibly go wrong? Spoiler: Just about everything!

Collecting the second arc of the critically acclaimed pulp sci-fi sensation in an oversized format!Vic and her team of Forged have escaped the menace of the Phobes only to arrive in a land of treachery, seduction, deceit, and violencethe Court of the Eternal Empress herself! Who can they trust? Just what are the Cassandras plotting? How far does the Unseen Hand reach? Who is Davian, and what, exactly, does he want? And most importantlycan Harpo find romance?

This prestige hardcover collects the first two arcs of the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling series.

Sixteen Families fight to control the world. That's fifteen too many. The time has come for the Cull. So begins the next phase of LAZARUS, the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling series from Eisner winners MICHAEL LARK and GREG RUCKA. Forever-the Lazarus of the Carlyle Family-has been sidelined, her loyalties thrown into question. To win her trust, her sister Johanna must reveal the Family's most closely guarded secret-the truth of Forever Carlyle herself.