THE GYRATH'S GATE CHRONICLES
Last updated: 17/08/2006


Series Overview - "The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles"

#0 - "Paradise"
Release Date: 20/08/2005
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: M (Violence, Language, Nudity)
Pages per book: 32
Book Format: Full Colour, Standard size
Series Format: Ongoing Series, Chapters


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Books Released so far:
#0 - "Paradise" (B/W Preview Issue)
#1 - "A Night At The Movies" (Coming April 2007)

 


Sixteen years before the tale of the Gyrath's Gate begins, a girl was born on the evening between two years. She was the child of uncertain parentage, the daughter of the world orphaned at birth and left alone, unloved and uncared for. This young girl grew up tough on the streets, with no family and no one but a string of orphanages and foster familes across half the world that even knew she existed.

But at the time around her sixteenth birthday, everything begins to change. Young Scar had always known that she was somehow... different from the other children. Faster, stronger, more agile, more intelligent. What she didn't realise was that other people were also aware of her abilities. People that would do anything to control her.

Chapter 0 of the Gyrath's Gate Chronicles begins before the cataclysmic events that follow Scar's discovery of the Gate itself. It covers a short series of events that occur while she's just a kid living on the streets in Wellington, New Zealand. Accompanied by her closest friend in the world, Raven, Scar begins a journey of self-discovery that could lead to the end of the world as we know it one day. Will her sense of independence overpower her longing to fit in? Will she stay strong in the face of finally meeting her family? Only time will tell, and time is a fickle mistress...


The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles - Chapter 0

The events in Chapter 0 take place before Scar discovers the Gyrath's Gate, and act as a glimpse into the past, and an introduction to some old "friends" who show up early in Chapter 1.

#0 - Paradise


#0 - "Paradise"


Date: 20/08/2005
Pages: 24
Format: Preview
Availability: Limited Ed.
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Art: V.L. Dreyer
Cover: A. Talboys
Colours: N/A

 


Features two short stories set in the Gyrath's Gate universe.

The first story takes place after the main story arc of Chapter 1, and finds Scar wandering between the worlds alone. This introduction is written specifically for the preview, and will never be reproduced again, making this book a very limited edition collectable!

The second story in the book is a short, four-page extract from midway through Chapter 0.

This book is limited to 100 copies.

 

#1 - A Night At The Movies
Due: 1/10/2005

#1 - "A Night At
The Movies"
Pages: 32
Format: Standard
Availability: TBA
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Pencils: V.L. Dreyer
Colours: Metal
Cover: TBA
Letters: G. Anderton


The first issue of the Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 begins with high school. Yet another orphanage, another country, though this one was cleaner than most.
But after managing to escape from her temporary prison, Scar and her friend Raven find themselves in a situation that they'd never expected. A situation that could threaten their lives.

The first issue of Chapter 0 is one of the first full colour books that'll be released by Blue Scar Productions, and features a cover coloured by an ace European colourist.

The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 #1 will be released around September of 2006.

#2 - Typhoid Mary
#2 - "Typhoid Mary"
Date: TBA
Pages: 32
Format: Standard
Availability: TBA
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Pencils: V.L. Dreyer
Colours: TBA
Cover: TBA
Letters: TBA

Set in Wellington City and The Hutt Valley of New Zealand, #2 finds Scar in the midst of a terrible tragedy that leaves her alone and friendless once more.

And worse, she finds herself the target of a manhunt, with a band of strange men intent on capturing her - no matter the cost.

The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 #2 is due for release in 2007.

 

#3 - New Lease On Life
Due: TBA

#3 - "New Lease On
Life"
Pages: 32
Format: Standard
Availability: TBA
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Pencils: V.L. Dreyer
Colours: TBA
Cover: TBA
Letters: TBA


With a little help from something she never expected to wear again, Scar manages to escape into another city, and another life. Assuming the guise of Helga Gorchst, Scar finds herself a new home, and something more shocking still - A job.

But will working retail save her from her past?

The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 #3 is due for release in 2007.

#4 - Freedom
#4 - "Freedom"
Date: TBA
Pages: 32
Format: Standard
Availability: TBA
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Pencils: V.L. Dreyer
Colours: TBA
Cover: TBA
Letters: TBA

From being alone on New Years Eve, Scar finds herself a new life in Palmerston North in the weeks that follow... and she discovers a love that's to last a lifetime.

With the assistance and kindness of strangers, Scar's love begins to blossom... until, yet again, tragedy rears its ugly head and she's forced to flee once more.

The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 #4 is due for release in 2008.

 

#5 - Exile
Due: TBA

#5 - "Exile"
Pages: 32
Format: Standard
Availability: TBA
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Pencils: V.L. Dreyer
Colours: TBA
Cover: TBA
Letters: TBA


Alone with her first love on the road to the city of sails, Scar struggles to come to grips with the problems that freedom bring with her.

But lacking any other options, Scar opts to make the most of the hand that Fate has dealt her - until her enemies decide to change the rules.

The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 #5 is due for release in 2008.

#6 - Lonely
#6 - "Lonely"
Date: TBA
Pages: 32
Format: Standard
Availability: TBA
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Pencils: V.L. Dreyer
Colours: TBA
Cover: TBA
Letters: TBA

When Scar rolls snake eyes on her turn of Fate's dice, she finds herself alone and friendless in South Auckland, without her usual cache of tricks.

But just when she least expects it, she finds salvation with a friend from her past. But is her friend's sudden reappearance a godsend, or a harbringer of doom?

The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 #6 is due for release in 2009.

#7 - Reunion
Due: TBA

#7 - "Fight or Flight"
Pages: 32
Format: Standard
Availability: TBA
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Pencils: V.L. Dreyer
Colours: TBA
Cover: TBA
Letters: TBA


In her time of greatest need, the one person that Scar can trust finally comes to the rescue. Still shocked by the events since Wellington, they're forced to make the decision that'll change their young lives: To leave New Zealand behind. Forever.

However, nothing is ever as it seems, and soon the friends are forced to realise a lesson they'd hoped to never have to learn: That a friend is only an enemy who hasn't betrayed you yet.

The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 #7 is due for release in 2009.

 

#8 - Fight or Flight
#8 - "Return"
Date: TBA
Pages: 32
Format: Standard
Availability: TBA
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Pencils: V.L. Dreyer
Colours: TBA
Cover: TBA
Letters: TBA

Driven by the betrayal of the one they'd trusted as a friend, the remaining companions are forced to take action regardless of the consequences.

But Auckland International Airport is a hub of activity, and amidst it all they find themselves targetted again by the enemies still hunting her.

The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 #8 is due for release in 2010.

 

#9 - Terminus
Due: TBA

#9 - "Terminus"
Pages: 48
Format: Standard
Availability: TBA
Writer: V.L. Dreyer
Pencils: V.L. Dreyer
Colours: TBA
Cover: TBA
Letters: TBA


When the battle royale Scar faced fearlessly turns to the worst and she finds herself outclassed, she discovers an ally in the most unlikely place - an enemy who could be a friend.

No longer alone, but both terrified and excited by the new prospects that a new country might offer her, the double-sized #9 brings about the end of the first chapter of young Scar's life, and begins to touch on things to come.

What will happen to her? Only time will tell.

The Gyrath's Gate Chronicles: Chapter 0 #9 is due for release in 2010.