Book Review: Gamora and Nebula Sisters in Arms

Marvel and Disney released a new story involving teenage Gamora and Nebula! Read on for a full review of Gamora and Nebula: Sisters in Arms!

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Gamora arrives on Torndune―a once-lush planet that has been strip-mined for the power source beneath its surface―with a mission: collect the heart of the planet.
She doesn’t know who sent her, why they want it, or even what the heart of a planet looks like. But as the right hand and daughter of Thanos, and one of the galaxy’s most legendary warriors, her job is not to ask questions. Her job is to do what she’s told, no matter the cost.

What she doesn’t know is that her sister Nebula is in hot pursuit. Nebula has followed Gamora to Torndune in hopes of claiming the planet’s heart first and shaming her sister as vengeance for the part she played in Nebula losing her arm. While Gamora falls in with a group of miners attempting to overthrow the tyrannical mining corporation that controls their lives, Nebula allies herself with the Universal Church of Truth, whose missionaries wait on every street corner to recruit more followers and tithes for the Matriarch. Both sisters hope their alliance will give them access to one of the massive diggers capable of drilling to the center of the planet.

But the closer they get to the heart of the planet―and to each other―the closer they get to uncovering the truth of what brought them there and the role they may unknowingly be playing in a twisted competition with galactic consequences. A competition they can never win . . . unless they learn to trust each other. And trust is the biggest lie in the galaxy.
Source: Disney Publishing

Review of Gamora and Nebula

Gamora and Nebula: Sisters in Arms is a pure adventure story with some interesting comments on how energy sources are exploited to the detriment of a planet. Torndune is a desolate place in which the population is literally slaves to the planet’s resources. Lee’s descriptions of the cloying atmosphere and the dangerous Crow dust really put the reader right in the middle of a crumbling planet.

Combined with a strange religious cult, Gamora and Nebula find themselves fighting for the heart of the planet with not know who is pulling the strings from above. That answer isn’t a surprising reveal, but what is surprising is how quickly both sisters revert to their past behaviors instead of standing up to their father.

It’s helpful for the reader to have some sort of knowledge of Gamora and Nebula’s history with Thanos. Gamora and Nebula hint at the trauma and distress of being raised by one of the Galaxy’s most dangerous villains and Nebula’s innermost thoughts reflect on her anger at his abuse. Of the most telling parts of the novel is Nebula reminiscing on how she lost her arm and Thanos’ disgust at her failure.

Gamora and Nebula: Sisters in Arms is an exciting addition to these characters’ histories and the moments of them working together for a common end are brief but satisfying. The level of trust the two have grows towards the end of the story only to have it tragically snatched back. Strong character development and lots of action make Gamora and Nebula Sisters in Arms a must-read for Marvel fans.