Saurians: Unnatural Selection was an American comic book

American comic book

An American comic book is a small magazine originating in the United States and containing a narrative in the form of comics. Since 1975 the dimensions have standardized at 6 5/8" x 10 ¼" , down from 6 ¾" x 10 ¼" in the Silver Age, although larger formats appeared in the past...

 mini-series

Limited series

A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....

 published by CrossGen Entertainment from February to March, 2002

2002 in comics

-March:* Adventures of Superman #600: super-sized anniversary issue by Joe Casey, Mike Wieringo, and Jose Marzan, Jr. -April:* Batman #600: "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive," part one, 64-page giant, written by Ed Brubaker.-January:...

. It was set in the Sigilverse

Sigilverse

The Sigilverse, also known as the CrossGen Universe, is a fictional shared universe which served as a setting for most titles published by CrossGen Comics. Except for El Cazador, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and a handful of flashbacks, all CrossGen Universe titles are set in the future...

, CrossGen's shared universe

Shared universe

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, and was a spin-off

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 of the company's ongoing title, Sigil

Sigil (comics)

Sigil is an American comic book series published by CrossGen Entertainment from July 2000 to December 2003, ending at issue forty-two. Sigil was one of the publisher's first four titles , a science fiction space opera, originally created by Mark Alessi and Gina M. Villa...

, although the events of the miniseries take place several years earlier.

Storyline Details

As the series opens, the human-inhabited Planetary Union and the Saurian Hegemony have been at war for four hundred years. Saurian warrior Terchac has been on the forefront of this war for two hundred years. Lost in an off-world jungle and the last of his unit, Terchac is hunted down by a unit of humans. Catching them by surprise Terchac takes out some of the humans. Upon confronting each other the humans offer a temporary alliance with Terchac in order to escape the jungle. Terchac reluctantly goes along with the plan only to find to his dismay that he has been tricked by his enemy.