In the highlands of Ergwad, King Arthmel has just died, leaving the throne to the brutal Prince Oghor. Afraid of being deposed by his sister, Princess Helia, Oghor imprisons her on the pretext that her love of Pyrize, a mysterious stone, has awakened a dragon that will ravage the kingdom. Accompanied by a Khtoll called Yoyo, Helia escapes and makes her way to Kohrmor, the land of the dragon, to defeat the monster that is threatening her people—for she is no longer a princess, but a warrior!
Manouchian
The French-Armenian poet and communist activist Missak Manouchian was a hero of the French Resistance during WW2. Tortured and shot by the Nazis on February 21, 1944, along with 22 other members of the Francs-tireurs et partisans français (FTPF)— an armed organization created by leaders of the French Communist Party—Manouchian became a martyr who is honored by the French to this day.
At the same time, his death was exploited by the Germans for propaganda purposes via the infamous “Affiche Rouge,” a poster distributed by the Vichy government in a bid to discredit the Resistance movement in the eyes of the French people.
An extraordinary story that will surely hit the headlines again in February 2024, when Missak and his wife, Mélinée, will be interred in the Panthéon in Paris.
Le champ des possibles
When Marsu and Tom meet at an architectural convention in some far-flung country, sparks fly… on a professional level, that is. Tom, who buys the rights to virtual access to amazing homes, shares the most exotic of them with Marsu, thanks to a VR headset, and they start a “platonic” love affair in these virtual spaces.
In real life, Marsu has a partner, Harry, whom she loves deeply and has absolutely no intention of leaving. But she doesn’t want to give up her new relationship either…
Le Lierre et l’Araignée
A boy fishing with his grandfather in Alsace—a simple scene… in times of peace. But for Bernard, the old man, this scenery is haunted by memories of the war, decades earlier, when he was a member of the Resistance group known as the “Ivy Leaves.” Could they defeat the Nazis, who had just annexed the region? Or would the “Spider,” as the enemy was known, arrest Bernard and send him to a concentration camp… or worse?
Grégoire Carlé recounts his own grandfather’s experiences—a story his family have never before dared to tell.
Celui qui se cache derrière Pi
In order to obtain life-saving medical treatment for her brother Billy, Isabella impersonates him to join the Epsilon student fraternity, mistress of New Hope University. As a young girl disguised among the boys, she is at ease in the arcane world of this society where power struggles reign. But in the end, she is unmasked by the mysterious Sullyvan, with whom she must sabotage the meeting of Pi, the humanist brotherhood of her friends Magg and Sam. To her surprise, Sullyvan keeps the secret. Perhaps because he too has things to hide. Like his ties to a dangerous Yakuza family…
The explosive conclusion to New Hope, a great young adult thriller, led by Cee Cee Mia and Jalo!
Destins
Young Fidel lives happily on his island. And nothing seems likely to dampen that happiness. For the humans, once enslaved by the Old Gods, are now protected by the Armed Arms, who possess in one of their arms a formidable power stolen from their former masters… But now old Mako, the archipelago’s Armed Arm, arrives in town to choose five teenagers, including Fidel, among whom she must find her successor. Time is of the essence. In the distance, the threat of degenerate gods drunk with vengeance is already looming…
With Les Bras armés, renowned children’s author Pog and lively Italian cartoonist Enrico Orlandi present a graphic novel for young people in which five teenagers must go beyond their limits to save their own.
Le protocole Seth
Minet, a young kitten abandoned by his owners, meets a community in the forest where animals talk, dress and stand on their hind legs. Animals that can often be just as ruthless as humans, he soon finds out.
Minet doesn’t want to stay among these so-called free animals and decides to set off in search of Romane, his mistress. Accompanied by Féroce Renarde and Hardi Lapin, Minet sets off on an adventure. But Minet and Lapin are captured by hunters who, seeing that they are dressed as humans, decide to deliver them to Horus Biotech, a laboratory fond of such specimens.
L’énigme des 3 soleils
Safe and sound after the shipwreck of Brigantine, his mother’s missing boat that he stole, young Trésor and his friends rest as best they can on an island full of dangers… But their spirits are dampened when “Trez” confesses that he himself drew the treasure map they’ve all embarked on… and even the island they’re on! It’s a strange situation, and they have to find a solution. Especially as the evil antique dealer Pivoleux is still hunting them down, in search of the mysterious “Vow Stone”…
Signature diabolique
Nelson is the angelic-looking orange devil who ruins the lives of Julie, a pretty young spinster, and Floyd, a numb Labrador retriever, to the delight of hundreds of thousands of readers. Remember: after a roll of toilet paper is stolen from the office, Julie finds herself condemned to take in a relatively harmless little devil… with no way of returning it to sender!
Secret Six
As Bessie escorts a plane loaded with contraband liquor from the Capone clan, a Coast Guard aircraft seeks to intercept it. But is it really the Coast Guard? A murky affair that forces Bessie to disappear and introduces her to the mysterious Secret Six. Their proposal: a new life in exchange for her collaboration in catching Capone… But it’s not going to be that easy, as the KKK is still hunting Bessie…
Masterfully imagined by Yann and Henriet, the grand finale of Black Squaw is a blend of fiction, the biography of aviatrix Bessie Coleman and American history!
