Berserk Vol. 8: Berserk Volume 8
- ISBN
- 9781593073299
- Publisher
- Dark Horse
- English release
- Chapters
- 27–36
Midland's campaign continues in Berserk Volume 8, with the Hawks at the front of the fighting. The publisher raises the prospect that battlefield success could produce a different conflict at court. Read it with the preceding military campaign: military usefulness and political acceptance are separate questions for Griffith's company. Deluxe 3 contains standard Volumes 7 through 9, keeping this installment between its immediate neighbors.
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Winning for a kingdom and becoming acceptable to its ruling circle are separate achievements. PRH's description sets the Hawks' military usefulness beside the prospect of court opposition to Griffith. That supports a practical reading of ambition: success can create enemies among the people who benefit from it. The battlefield is not merely a rehearsal for a larger battle with stronger opponents. Its victories alter Griffith's position among allies. The useful tension is that the qualities making the Hawks valuable to Midland can also make their commander difficult for its established powers to tolerate.
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