Tower of God Vol. 02 by SIU
Twenty-Fifth Bam must journey skyward in a mysterious tower if he has any chance of reuniting with his best friend Rachel, even if that means facing his own death. Using his strength, skill and wits, Bam climbs higher and higher up the Tower despite the dangers. Bam makes both allies and enemies on his quest to find Rachel; however her intentions of reconnecting with him become unclear as new revelations about their friendship reveal a much deeper, darker secret.
In this second book of the series, Bam continues his journey up the mysterious Tower. After passing through the Shinsu barrier, he is confronted with more unexpected and deadly challenges. Bam will need to rely on his strange new allies to pass a deceptively simple exam where the stakes are life or death.
Biographical Notes:
Lee Jong-hui, also known by the pen-name S.I.U. (“Slave In Utero”) is the creator of Tower of God. Having majored in visual arts education at the university level before being conscripted into the South Korean military.
S.I.U. started drawing cartoons at the advice of a senior in the army. During this period, S.I.U. drew “ten books” worth of practice cartoons, which formed the backbone of the Tower of God comic he later started to create for the Internet.
Title Notes:
Tower of God is a global sensation with 4.5 billion reads on WEBTOON with fans all over the world. WEBTOON and Crunchyroll recently co-produced a hit anime adaptation, available on Crunchyroll and HBO Max.
Tower of God draws in fans of leveling up video games.
Manga reader wiill appeal to both fantasy and seinen manga readers.
Aligned with other YA dystopian classic such as Maze Runner, Solo Leveling, Hunger Games; YA graphic novels continue to rise in popularity.
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