u/Calupoh1985

"Milton Shaw is a battle-hardened bomber pilot, flying missions over a war-torn world ruled by a ruthless empire. But when his plane is shot out of the sky, Milton wakes up behind enemy lines—in the smoldering ruins of a city he helped burn. And in less than 24 hours, his own side is dropping the big one to finish the job.
Now, injured, unarmed, and being hunted through enemy streets, Milton’s only shot at escape comes from the unlikeliest place: a grieving father and his son—civilians shattered by the same fascist regime that rules this land with an iron claw. Enemies by blood. Allies by circumstance. Together, they’ll have to fight their way out before the bomb drops and erases everything…and everyone."

I'm sure many people know these books already, but i actually started watching the HBO series recently after watching the 2007 movie for the first time, and i'm curious about the books now. A thing i noticed was that it's quite the antithesis of the Narnia book series, and i found that very interesting.

"Men have made war for gold, for land, and to put others in chains for millennia. No invention or philosophy has changed that, not gunpowder, not airplanes, not democracy, or even splitting the atom. Whatever the era, whatever the weapon, man has made war on his neighbors. The nature of conflict never changes, because human nature has not changed. But how might that change if it were no longer just humanity going to war--if animal instincts, strengths and skill were to join the battlefield?

Dogs of War is an anthology exploring what warfare looks like when the combatants are no longer fully human. It contains twenty three stories about how war changes when those who do the fighting have changed, and how much it stays just the same."

https://x.com/schumisnoopy/status/2078594260337594717?s=20

https://x.com/Krossan/status/2068836980280959172?s=20

"Salem the cat has always been known as Sabrina’s familiar, but what happens when Sabrina isn’t around to protect him (or, as the case may be, when he doesn’t have to protect her)? This special one-shot explores a different side of Salem’s life, one where he acts as an anti-hero meting out vigilante justice against those who harm others like him (animals) in a horror story that equal parts Pet Sematary."

"When rich, successful Professor Preobrazhensky befriends a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik, he attempts a scientific first--transplanting into the stray dog the testes and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man. With a lecherous, vulgar human animal now on the loose, the professor's hitherto respectable life descends into chaos as Sharik inevitably finds his niche in the bureaucracy as the government official in charge of purging the city of cats."

(Personal opinion, of course) i know his eye injury is on the wrong side tho

"The Future Is Wild was a Japanese manga series based on The Future Is Wild and The Wild World of the Future, illustrated by Takaaki Ogawa. As well as the TV series, the manga was inspired by the books The Future Is Wild: A Natural History of the Future and the Japanese version of The Wild World of the Future, both of which were popular in Japan."

"The story revolves around the brief freedom experienced by a small pride of captive lions, who escape from Baghdad Zoo during the 2003 invasion of Baghdad by the U.S.-led coalition. As the lions roam the streets of Baghdad trying to survive, each lion comes to embody a different viewpoint regarding the Iraq War."