Life is good in the kingdom of Six-Ponts, where King Serge reigns. And everyone is getting ready to celebrate Princess Cécile’s wedding in style. Anne, the tavernkeeper, is looking forward to the event, not only because she was raised with Cecile, but also because the wedding will enable her to revive her tavern.
But Anne is also a protégé of the king, who can refuse her nothing. This arouses the jealousy of the queen, who hates Anne, plots against her and won’t be satisfied until this “little schemer” has been eliminated.
“Le complot de la Reine” is the reissue of the first part of the Kingdom of Blanche-Fleur, a large album released in August 2019.
Fauve is an exorcist, but not just any exorcist. She is an exorcist of fine art and works for the largest museum in the world, the Louvre. Paintings, sculptures and even the smallest pieces of decorative art require her attention. Whether it’s a masterpiece in distress, or a painting that just wants to hang out in the garden, Fauve and her colleagues in the mimetic security department ensure the museum’s safety, both for the artworks and for the people, while gradually getting to know each other.
Pirates they be, the damned and the outcast, sworn never to set foot on dry land again, endlessly sailing the seas toward the unknown, certain death their only release. But man proposes, fate disposes. These jaded souls stumble across an amazing find: a mysterious marine creature who, against all expectations and much to the captain’s displeasure, sets crewmembers against one another. For the Carcoma, a dread wind is about to blow…
In the present day, a young boy plays in the forest and falls asleep under a tree. Protected by the fox god, his dreams take him far back in time, to discover his past lives. Once a samurai, the dream gods confront him with the massacres he has committed. Later, as a tattoo artist, he will experience the post-World War II omerta and the banning of this subtle art.
Little by little, the reader is introduced to the history and culture of Japan, through a number of references that will delight the more experienced without puzzling the average reader, such as the game with the shogi coins.
For the first time ever, Hannah, a little girl from the big city, is spending the summer with her grandfather. As it just so happens, he’s the Guardian of an astonishing forest, where trees go for a walk when they get bored, animals can speak, pigs magically regenerate, and 120-year-old gnomes are in the throes of teenage angst… Once she gets over her initial surprise, Hannah is delighted to discover this fantastical place.
Tanis has always been different, blessed by the gods, or so she’s been told. The problem is she just wants to have fun like other kids her age, though she is inclined to braving forbidden tombs and awakening sleeping gods… She will soon learn, however, that in ancient Egypt, one doesn’t defy the gods with impunity.
Four children wake up on a deserted island. After taking refuge in an abandoned boarding school, they find an automaton who, every night at midnight, gives them a mission. If they fail or refuse to take up the challenge, the consequences could be terrible. From mission to mission, the children explore their surroundings, encounter other participants, and discover the reasons behind their presence on this island…
On the sun-drenched Caribbean island of Cuba, a former CIA agent, a young Cuban-American woman and a dodgy private eye kidnap a starlet for the mob in order to pay back an old man’s gambling debt, incurred when the Havana Leones baseball team suffered a crushing defeat in the inaugural match at the brand new latinoamericano stadium. Meanwhile, all sorts of national and international political intrigue plays out as a group of revolutionaries led by a young man named Fidel Castro prepare to march on the Cuban capital, fueling the rumor mill, striking fear in hearts, and inspiring notions of murderous deceit in the minds of those in power. An engaging noir thriller in tropical hues.
