John Chinaman seems to have turned over a new leaf with schoolmistress Ada in the small town of Blue Hill. But his troubled past keeps him from trusting this peaceful new life, and his worst fears come true when the US government passes the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, further inflaming already simmering resentments among townsfolk. John’s life is further complicated when his blood brother Chow turns up again, an advance scout for a Triad concern seeking to buy up land along the planned railroad route. Will a reunion between these two old friends ever be anything but bittersweet?
J’ai gagné !
Vitesse moderne
Modern-day Paris. One night, as she’s leaving rehearsal, Lola, a young dancer, is approached by Renée. She introduces herself as a writer, and asks Lola if she could share her life for a while in order to gather material to write a book about her. Despite not feeling entirely comfortable with the idea, Lola accepts. The very next day, Lola and Renée experience the strangest day of their lives, involving an absent father who reappears at random points throughout the book, a bashful but psychopathic admirer, Omar Shariff, and a huge spider… All this is set against a backdrop of a general power cut, a highly demanding dance class and a very rainy day. In the world of today, where everything goes too quickly, twenty-four hours is sometimes enough to change your life.
Pas de liberté sans solidarité
The fall brings more than changing leaves as massive strikes in Marzi’s little hometown help change the course of Polish history. She’s proud of her dad, but can he come home now? Eight-year-old Marzi tries her best to keep up, but it can be hard when you keep outgrowing your shoes! With one foot in the adult world, where nothing is black and white, and one foot in the fantasies of childhood, where greyscale girls can dream in color, she puts her very own twist on everything she sees and hears. Lucky for us, she likes to tell stories.
Le triomphe de Zorglub
When famous comics heroes are around to witness the chaotic adaptation of their adventures into a movie, anything can happen! Believe it or not, Fantasio auditions for his role and doesn’t get it… and Spirou and Seccotine are in for their own surprises when they see their doubles on the set. Will the heroes-turned-spectators be able to limit the damage caused by this cinematic disaster?
Les Dalton dans le blizzard
Le Sang et la Glace
Following their escape from the Ushuaia penal colony, the crew of the Levathian sails right into the eye of a huge sea storm and eventually ends up on the banks of a frozen land, populated by hostile natives. Only Esteban’s negotiating skills prevent the desperate runaways from being exterminated. When the governor of Ushuaia turns up on board his heavily armed ship, Esteban and his companions soon realize that they have no choice but to face up to him. Their one saving grace is that they have the governor’s wife as their hostage. Nonetheless, it’s clearly not a fair fight, and the crew of the Levathian is forced to start taking desperate measures…
Darius
Darius is a rather paunchy electrician. He could lead the easy life in his little apartment in Los Angeles, but he’s desperately trying to save Bram, the young hooligan drug addict who lives opposite. Why does Darius put himself through it? To fulfill a paternal need created by some personal tragedy? For the sake of Bram’s girlfriend’s nice eyes? Or has he perhaps been entrusted with some secret mission?
”Series creator Pierre-Paul Renders has gone deep for this story, and between you and me I’d love to get a look at his notebook. How he and co-writer Denis Lapiere are able to tell such detailed stories, each lining up next to and often intertwined with the five other books, is nothing short of a miracle” The Pullbox
