1914, somewhere in the southwestern Pacific, Captain Rasputin’s sailing boat comes upon a man strapped to a raft adrift in the ocean: Corto Maltese. Corto and Rasputin are working for the Monk, the mysterious lord of the South Sea pirates — a man who carries a dark secret close to his heart. As England and Germany prepare for the Great War at sea, we’re drawn into an adventure and in a world inhabited by cannibals and battleships, heroes and traitors, friends and madmen, and by a beautiful young woman who would charm the most sea-hardened sailor on ‘The Banks of the Salt Seas’.
What a life! After spending the day working as a hostess at conferences and trade shows, all that awaits Zoé at home is a rude and lazy boyfriend who sleeps in his socks! Until she meets Tomás, a writer who is running out of inspiration! This is a story about love and ambition ... and an extraordinary heroine.
"Chun an táirge seo a dhíol lenár bpáirtithe in earnáil an leighis, táimid chun an saineolas agus an úire a nascadh le chéile." Is mar sin a chuireann bainistíocht na saotharlainne Duprat a straitéis nua páirtnéireachta faoi bhráid na beirte: Guy Farkas, ar a dtugtar 'An Broc-Chú', taistealaí leighis den seandéanamh, agus Jérémy Labionda, feidhmeannach óg rócháilithe a bhfuil sé mar fhreagracht air súil dhiscréideach ar an mBroc-Chú. Anuas air sin, caithfidh siad leagan nua a dhíol de tháirge leighis a bhfuiltear in amhras faoi i mbás na gcéadta othar.
“Beidh ‘chuile shórt go breá ... tá seoladh agam, agus ticéid ar an metro ... agus mapa de Pháras. Chuile shórt go breá. Tiocfaidh sé ar fad ar ais chugam faoi cheann nóiméid.”
Ar bhínse sráide, i bPáras, tá bean óg ag iarraidh teacht chuici féin. Níl cuimhne aici ar a hainm, nár ar an bhfáth a bhfuil sí san áit sin. Tá a cuimhne tar éis imeacht uirthi.
Le greann agus tuiscint, insíonn Pénélope Bagieu agus Boulet scéal na tóraíochta seo, tóraíocht na féiniúlachta.
1918: Corto Maltese leaves Hong Kong in search of the treasure train of the Tsars. Accompanied by his comrade, Rasputin, he traverses a world inhabited by soviets and nationalists, armoured trains and biplanes, Cossacks and Triads, heroes and madmen!
The great Cú Chulainn saga now available as a graphic novel This first volume recounts Cú Chulainn’s youth, his fallout with King Connor of Ulster, and his voyage to Scotland in search of military training. A strong lively retelling of the old story, illustrated with verve and panache. This is a book that awakens old ancestral memories, ignitinig them with the fire of youth.
