Tosca des Bois – tome 2

Lucilla is a reluctant duchess. When her parents go away—her father off preparing for war, her mother on a social call—she doesn’t want to stay locked inside the castle she calls home. So, donning a boy’s outfit, she sneaks off with her tutor, Brother Cosimo, across the Tuscan countryside, and they soon run into her orphan friends, Tosca and her brother Rinaldo. Both fun and danger await on the road to a monastery, where secrets from the past creep into the light as the darkness of war looms in Tuscany.

The year is 2068. The place, Fontainebleau forest, ancient home of some of France’s mightiest monarchs on the outskirts of what was once Paris. The post-apocalyptic society of Pan survives by growing rice and scavenging among the ruins of a destroyed civilization. Their precarious existence comes under threat when the powerful, technologically advanced Federation of Fortuna forces them into a dangerous choice—submit to Fortuna’s rule, or try to best them in a barbaric, ritualized game known as Celestial Mechanics. Pan’s only hope? A hot-headed outcast they’d rejected for being “un-Pan”: a girl named Aster.

It’s been months since the nefarious Gauthier de Brienne had Lucilla taken prisoner. While the captive girl’s only companions are boredom and fear, her friends, Tosca and Rinaldo, bravely seek to learn where she’s being held. Her father has amassed an army and is laying siege to Florence, yet he dares not act: an attack on his part could spell death for his daughter. His search for her has been no more fruitful than that of her two young friends. Everyone is growing impatient as time drags on and only Lucilla and her captors know her location. The time for action draws nearer…

Mia and her friends are in high school now, which means more freedom, more extracurriculars, more allowance, and even more friends! This year, Mia clandestinely attends the film club of the high school next door. She’s inspired by the teacher and the club’s top-notch equipment to cast her friends in some short films in between their video game sessions. Gauthier, Zouzou, and Louka are all there, of course, and so are Phoenix and the geek. There are even some new faces, which might bring some new romances for some of the friends…

In 1870, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch publishes “Venus in Furs,” an erotic novel revealing the author’s desire to be dominated by a woman. After the success of the novel, a woman turns up at his doorstep and offers to take on the role of the dominant woman. He submits to her completely and they get married. Years later, Leopold has remarried and lives a quiet life, far removed from the sexual escapades of his first marriage. This is when he learns that his surname is being used, to his detriment, to describe a new sexual perversion: masochism.

A few months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, kicking off the U.S. civil rights movement, making headlines around he world and becoming an enduring symbol of the fight for dignity and equality, another young black woman refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was the wrong person at the right time, and so History did not choose her. Her name was Claudette Colvin and this is her story.

A man lives in the wild with a dog as his only companion… and great powers at his disposal. All he needs is an animal’s hide to take on its abilities. Together, he and his dog will go off to seek a terrible monster, in a silent story brought to vivid life by Burniat and Michiels. Fierce, funny, strange, endearing!

A meeting of elite diplomats. A snowy resort in an undisclosed location. A secure communications room staffed by private security. Lena’s latest adventure finds her ostensibly heading a small hospitality staff that caters to the needs of VIPs attending a top-secret summit. What better way to suss out secrets than by blending into the woodwork? In this locked-room atmosphere, egos clash and history outs its old grudges. For the issue at stake is none other than the fate of the Middle East, again to be divided by meddling powers. And these days of routine, ennui, luxury, and leisure may hide a more insidious threat…

Humanity’s survival is in his hands, and being the emperor of the world is no picnic… But other fears have been invading Wismerhill’s dreams of late, telling him to get ready, for something is coming… some cruel and merciless evil. The premonitions whisper of a nameless threat… and of death!

The seemingly idyllic town of Mitaines has been beset by a wave of kidnappings. Strange prints have been spotted in the woods, but there’s no sign of foul play. With the authorities baffled, will young Arthur and the rest of the Mitaines Gang be able to solve the crime? More importantly, will they be able to stay out of trouble themselves?