In a world where animals have taken over from humans, a girl called Mowgli has been adopted by a family of wolves, with whom she will grow up without knowing who she really is. When their home is destroyed by Shere Khan, she runs away to protect them and tries to find out where she came from and why all other humans have disappeared. Taken in by Baloo and then guided by Bagheera, she learns from her successes and failures as she grows up, until, as an adult, she is ready for the final confrontation with Shere Khan.
A re-imagining of Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” stories set in a post-apocalyptic world from which humans have all but vanished.
Still on the trail of the “killer-scalper”, Wild Bill, Calamity Jane and Charlie Utter discover that the mysterious murderer, as a child, was probably himself scalped by Indians who also murdered his parents…. Meanwhile, Graham, the trio’s employer and head of the Union Pacific, welcomes the Buffalo Soldiers, black soldiers he has hired to protect the railroad yard from Indian raids. An oppressed minority to subdue despoiled Natives? America, the land of all freedoms, doesn’t treat all its children the same way… But the situation becomes even more complex when railroad workers dynamite a sacred Indian burial ground…
Part fiction, part history, part uncompromising exploration of the American myth, this is the conclusion of the incredible new Wild West diptych, featuring a trio of legendary characters.
Elijah came to New York to settle old scores, and left with a family unearthed from the sands of time and memory. But neither he nor his sister, Miss Lyle, a Pinkerton agent, were able to confront the man responsible for all their misfortunes: their father, Senator Dawson. And the Dawson has taken refuge in the middle of the woods on the land of Cromley, a feared cultist. To finally have their family reunion, they’ll have to defy the devil himself!
Pellinor is a rather listless young man, but, since he stands to inherit the family fortune, his grandfather has charged him with their ancestral quest: to find and kill the Wandering Beast. Taking up the challenge, Pellinor meets Nimue, a young lady of the lake, and together they embark on adventures that will lead (unbeknown to them!) to the banishment of banality, the re-enchantment of the world, and, most importantly, the discovery of their own place in it—which far outweighs the expectations that have been placed upon them.
Did you know that less than half of women bleed the first time they have sexual intercourse? And that it is medically impossible to tell whether a woman is a virgin or not? In fact, have you ever asked yourself why women used to have to be virgins when they married?
Drawing on her own experience, journalist and novelist Élise Thiébaut gives an account of the concept of virginity that combines sociological, historical, and cultural considerations.
Sailing home from the land of Qâ, Thorgal, Aaricia and Jolan find themselves caught in the middle of the conflict between the Water People and the Forest People. Their respective deities are now unleashed, and nothing can stop the chaos of war. Except, perhaps, an arrow carved from the Tree of Life, fired at the fearsome Wendigo. To save the pregnant and wounded Aaricia, Thorgal has no choice but to take sides and once again compromise himself in the madness of mankind.
Paloma, Céleste, Sierra, Apolline… Without Chélonia’s impetus, without her desire to bring them together, it’s certain that these young girls would still be holed up in their corners, prey to their demons. The club “des Mal-Barrées”, with its rather pessimistic name, is in fact the best thing that ever happened to them: the end of Paloma’s loneliness, Céleste’s new-found confidence, Sierra’s calmed anger, Apolline’s new-found self-confidence…
But what does the seemingly self-confident Chélonia really gain from these life-saving friendships?
What if Charles Perrault had been inspired to write his famous tales by young people with incredible stories? What if the man of letters had been their teacher, before putting his stories down on paper? These are the very stories that will live on through the centuries, still read today.
In a subtle interweaving of wonder, humor and anachronisms, here is an astonishing encounter that magnifies Perrault’s work.
Tired of living alone with her teenage daughter, Nana Miller suddenly takes off on a mini-break to Copenhagen, the fairytale city. Her arrival there coincides with an almost surreal incident: the discovery, right in the city center, of the body of a mermaid. The country is in turmoil, and a national day of mourning is declared. The airport is closed, the streets are deserted, and people shut themselves indoors. Nana is cut off, far from her daughter, without knowing how long for. Confined to an almost deserted hotel, she meets Thyge Thygesen and, like amateur detectives, they investigate the cause of the crisis. Spotting a rather shady character hanging around the site where the mermaid was unearthed, they follow him… only to find themselves caught up in a story too big for either of them to handle.
From the pen of Jean Van Hamme, this fourteenth volume features several short stories drawn by an outstanding panel of artists. For this opus, Jean Van Hamme is accompanied by Philippe Xavier, Iouri Jigounov, Joël Callède, Gontran Toussaint, Mikaël and Alain Henriet.
Unlike its thirteen predecessors, this volume doesn’t focus on a single character, but sweeps up a much wider horizon of the XIII saga…
