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''The Shepherd's Tale'' is comic book prequel to the tv serie Franchise/{{Firefly}}, written by Creator/JossWhedon and his brother, Zack Whedon (who would later write [[ComicBook/SerenityLeavesOnTheWind Leaves on the Wind]]). The comic was published in 2010 by Creator/{{Dark Horse|Comics}}. The story centers around the shepherd Derrial Book and his mysterious past.
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!!''The Shepherd's Tale'' contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Book's father was a drunk who beat him.
* AnachronicOrder: The comic starts with the unseen battle [[spoiler:that killed Book]] in [[Film/{{Serenity}} the movie]]. Each subsequent section jumps backwards a few years to show other important events in his life, and it closes with his childhood.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Book shoots down an Alliance gunship by doing this.
* ElectronicEye: Book volunteered to have one implanted when he was working with the Independents, which they would then use when he joined the Alliance military to learn secrets.
* EyeScream: Some of the surgery for the above procedure is shown.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: In his youth, Book committed crimes, and he's shown abandoning a fellow thief to be captured by the police after a job goes wrong.

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