Nanami’s world is spiraling out of control. Her beloved cat is acting very strange, she no longer connects with her best friend, her teacher’s got it in for her, her parents are pressuring her, her fellow cast members still don’t accept her, she’s weaving a web of lies on a daily basis and she agreed to help a mysterious stranger at what could be a very high cost… Just how far is Nanami willing to go to escape her unpleasant reality and become the beautiful, powerful queen of the Invisible Kingdom?
Valentine – tome 5
Valentine is in her second year of high school and once more in a class where she doesn’t know anyone. But that won’t stop her from living her life: the manga club, her hip-hop group, and her lunch breaks give her a chance to catch up with her friends. That is, when Yamina isn’t hanging out with her new boyfriend! Valentine will soon be 17 years old, but she still blushes as much as ever when she sees her crushes coming her way. If only she could think of something to say to Félix, beyond asking him if he’d like a glass of water…
Métanoïa
A year has passed since the Los Angeles riots, but Ian is still being hunted by the Pentagon. Extremely hostile treatment by the media has also made him a favoured target of a majority of American citizens. Tracked down by an ambitious reporter, the android gets in touch with an eccentric billionaire who promises to tell him what the Nome is – that super-powerful artificial entity with whom he seems to have a mysterious bond… A merciless cascade of new revelations follows…
Now available in print and digital from Cinebook
Blitzkrieg
Horrified at the memory of what he’s done during the Los Angeles riots, Ian tries to commit suicide. But his body turns out to be simply too durable. Injured but alive, he’s taken in by the inhabitants of the city’s slums. Meanwhile, the rest of team 21, along with Ian’s creators, are summoned to the Pentagon, where a rather unusual general orders them to help the American government locate the android … and destroy him!
Now available in print and digital from Cinebook
La Pourpre et l’or
It’s stinking hot, and the crowd is beginning to lose interest in the last few gladiators still fighting for survival in the arena. Only the Emperor Claudius is still riveted, determined to stick it out until the death rattle of the last fighter announces the end of the day’s frivolities. Life is just as ferocious outside the arena. Everyone wants the power; everyone is willing to kill to get it…
For Agrippina, Claudius’ second wife, her dear husband has served his purpose. Now that he has acknowledged her son, Nero, as his heir, it’s high time he disappeared. But Agrippina has time against her: there’s talk of Claudius wanting to renounce her in favor of the woman he loves, Lolia Paulina. Needless to say, it doesn’t end well for poor Lolia…
Le Roi Démon
In the second volume of this four-part story arc, we learn more details about how the secret society “Shi” was formed by two women sworn to vengeance against the men and institutions that oppress and violate them. In a present-day storyline, we learn more about the the investigation into the terrorist attack against the family of the CEO of the arms company S.V.P.P.B and about Lakshmi Shankar, the MI5 inspector who shows up promising to stop the network of “avenging mothers” before they strike again.
A la recherche de la licorne – Intégrale complète
1471. Leading a band of faithful crossbowmen, Juan de Olid leaves Castile in secret, bound for adventure and the unknown lands of Sub-Saharan Africa. The expedition’s objective is to bring back a unicorn horn as quickly as possible—the future of the kingdom depends on it. On the advice of the most pre-eminent experts of their day, Juan de Olid and his companions take along with them the one thing that can help them in their quest: a virgin. For the scent of unsullied maidens has the power to tame the most formidable of unicorns. Meanwhile, the apothecaries of King Henry IV of Castile, nicknamed “the Impotent,” impatiently await this legendary horn, as it is said it can cure the King and ensure the continuation of the royal line…
Alan Smith
When XIII washed up on the beach that fateful day, with a head wound that robbed him of his memory, he was rescued by Abe and Sally Smith. The old couple took him in and nursed him back to health out of kindness, but also because he reminded them of their son Alan, killed on duty in Vietnam. As it turns out, Alan’s own story wasn’t so simple, and his fate was closely tied to that of XIII…
Le Pavillon des plaisirs
This is the first episode of a whole new cycle that chronologically takes place between the Ottoman and African cycles. This time we’re swept off to colonial India. Jade, accompanied by Lord and Lady Nelson, arrives at the Palace of Eschinapur, having been summoned by the Rani, mother of the Maharajah. The Rani wishes for Jade to initiate the future bride of the young Maharajah, the daughter of the rebel Radjah Sing, to the art of love. This is in the hopes that the young bride will be able to wield this power to influence her son’s politics, which are currently in favor of British rule. But there appears to be a strange presence in the palace. That presence turns out to be a child, who shows herself to no one but… the Djinn…
Available in print from Insight Comics.
Les Revenants de Porto Cervo
Vince is a member of the Roman Catholic’s intelligence service. He’s recently discovered that a powerful organization, ‘The New Temple,’ is trying to infiltrate the curia. But why? The handsome Vince is on the trail of the assassins who stole the computer of a priest photographer who was a little too curious for his own good – the computer that will allow them to hack into ‘Cognitio,’ the powerful search engine used by Vatican intelligence agencies…
