Staff Pick
I'm almost too scared to read this! Recommended By Doug C., Powells.com
Clean Room takes some of the best traditional horror fodder (cults and their brainwashing, aliens and their abductions, demons and their possessions) and puts them into a blender to create something totally original. If you're looking for some extremely alarming and entertaining horror that doesn't take itself too seriously, you've found it. Recommended By Cosima C., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
From the minds of superstar writer Gail Simone and gifted artist Jon Davis-Hunt comes CLEAN ROOM VOL. 1: IMMACULATE CONCEPTION a new vision of horror that takes you inside the locked chambers of sex, science, celebrity, and the supernatural.
Somewhere between the realms of self-help and religion lies the Honest World Foundation. Its creator started out as an obscure writer of disposable horror fiction who decided to change the world one mind at a time. Now its adherents rule Hollywood while obeying their leader s every command.
That s almost all that anyone knows about the movement or is it a cult? founded by reclusive guru Astrid Mueller. But reporter Chloe Pierce is sure that there s something deeper hiding behind Honest World s facade. Her fiance was a devoted follower of Mueller, right up to the moment that he blew his brains out while holding a copy of her book. Now Chloe wants answers from the woman whose words command the loyalty of millions and she s ready to storm the top-secret sanctuary known as the Clean Room to get them.
But there s more to Astrid Mueller than Chloe could ever imagine and the truth that she s about to discover is more astonishing than any of Astrid s accomplishments, and more terrifying than any of her novels.
Collects issues #1-6."