The Walking Dead (Volume 28) A Certain Doom by Robert Kirkman.

"In the end, the Communities are victorious over the massive Zombie horde but at a terrible cost. It's a wonder how life will continue after such a loss."

5 Stars.

Pros: This was a rough volume but it showed growth in Negan as a character and it showed Rick with all his weaknesses and fears. He's not a leader, he's scared and alone and it's a wonder how he's going to get through it all.

Cons: Well there goes that whole Rick Grimes curse of "every woman who gets close to me punches their ticket" thing. Sherry and the Saviors are just obnoxious.

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The massive herd comes to Alexandria. Andrea and others ride off to draw the herd away to the coast where they'll lead them into the Ocean. For the most part, it works. The gate in Alexandria comes down and Negan saves Ricks life as they flee for shelter. They and the others thin out the herd while Andrea et al lead the herd away.

At one point when it seems that Eugene will be overrun, Andrea steps and rescues him, but she's bitten in the process. Meanwhile, the Saviors, led by Sherry, take this as their chance to tell Rick that they want out of this little community. Rick talks to Sherry alone, who attacks him. Acting in self defense, Rick pushes her away and she hits the back of her head off of a table and dies. Andrea returns at that time and collapses and she just gets sicker and sicker as the fever takes over.

Everyone pays their respects and she eventually passes and Rick has to end her. He doesn't think he's strong enough to go on without her but she managed to tell him before she died that he had to keep going, that he was the whole reason the community worked. That he was a beacon of light through all the muck that they had to crawl through.

The Saviors are still clamoring for control and Negan tells Rick he'll handle it. He asks the Saviors who wants to go back to the way things were and when no one does, Negan explains that they're going to back to the Factory and live in peace with Rick Grimes and they'll be glad for it. He trusts Rick and it seems that he's willing to work with him now.

The Saviors help rebuild what was damaged in Alexandria and everyone goes their separate ways. The Volume ends with Rick lost, alone and laying on top of Andrea's freshly dug grave. He's hurting, more so than he did when Lori died and it's a wonder how he's going to manage to pull through this one.

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