Still persevering with her quest to be reunited with her sister, Isabellae Ashiwara has taken to the raging seas in pursuit of the ship aboard which she thinks she might find Suiko. But, what with the very real dangers of the present and the increasingly oppressive ghosts of the past, Isabellae begins to doubt everything she once thought she knew. It's high time the dead went back to where they belong, once and for all!
It's Japan 1192, seven years since the battle of Dan-no-ura that marked the beginning of the feudal era. It's also been seven years since Isabellae Ashiwara started roaming the country, accompanied by her father's ghost, earning a living by the point of her sword. And seven years that she's been looking for her long lost sister, Siuko. The time has at last come for this bounty hunter to face up to her past and take charge of her destiny.
Isabellae's quest to track down her sister Suiko has now become a matter of the greatest urgency. Suiko is the only one with the power to heal Jinku, who has been bitten by one of the zombies summoned to the South China Seas. Our redheaded swordswoman, Isabellae, knows of only one way to get money quickly to finance her search: bounty hunting! As she writes history in ideograms of blood, little does she know that the family reunion will take place sooner than planned...
France, 1565. Charles IX reigns with an aging Nostradamus as his advisor, but unrest is afoot in the land. The Black Plague, believed to be under control, rears its head anew. Superstition vies with newly born science in the people's hearts and minds. Through a countryside riven by religious and political rivalries travel Nostradamus' three young disciples, Arthus Trivium, Angelica Obscura, and Angulus Dante, solving mysteries with wits, weapons, and the erudition their master has imparted. But soon they are drawn into the web of a well-laid plot against Nostradamus' family, which may threaten the life of the king himself.
The Demon Zagan, Lord of All Things, and his undead minions have captured the young Charles IX, King of France, as well as Nostradamus and his family and are holding them hostage-but who let them into Nostradamus' home? None other than his mentor, Scaliger, long believed dead. Consumed by envy for his former protégé, the scholar now serves Zagan, who seeks an orb created by the earliest magicians to defend the earth from the realm of the dead. It's up to Nostradamus' three young disciples, Arthus Trivium, Angelica Obscura, and Angulus Dante, to rescue their master from dire peril!
And now, a total change of scene for the saber-toting redhead! Now that Suiko, dying, revealed the true nature of their family's destiny, Isabellae has gone off to the land of her roots, Ireland. Her Celtic relatives have quite the surprise in store for her. She'll end up joining the combat for the control of the island. And yet, no training could have prepared her to face the enemy that lies under the tomb of 500 kings...
When Nostradamus entrusts his disciple Arthus with training his son Cesar, he believes their mission a simple one: investigate a village where a rain of blood has been reported. But upon reaching Cucuron to find all the menfolk missing, Arthus realizes the adventure is more than he bargained for. Meanwhile, in Paris searching for a young girl who's disappeared, Angulus and Angelica come upon a mysterious canvas in the workshop of a famous painter that seems to lead Angelica to another world. The stakes rise for all three disciples as they find themselves separated, each facing their own perils.
In an effort to defeat the English invaders and their Norman mercenaries and free their island from the yoke of the Crown, the druids of Ireland strike an unholy alliance with fearsome entities summoned from the darkness: the ancient Fomorian gods and their armies. Surrounded by monsters of unprecedented power, Isabellae, her friends, the Irish people and the English forces unite to wage the battle of their lives and save humanity from a horrific fate.
On the sacred Hill of Tara, the children of Eire prepare to wage their final battle, this one against an army of powerful winged creatures claiming to serve the one true God. The remaining members of Isabellae's group are ready to die fighting at their friend's side, but additional help arrives in the most unexpected form, as the bloody conflict takes on epic proportions and the fate of all lies in its outcome. Themes of sacrifice, honor, and the true meaning of the way of the warrior come shining through in Book 6 of the series.Soon available in print from Dark Horse
Philippe Martin, a Paris cop, is called to Barcelona to look into the suspicious suicide of a girl who might be his daughter. Barcelona is a charged place for Martin-he's been visiting every summer for the 25 years since the girl's mother left him and fled there. His investigations lead him into a labyrinth of criminal activity stretching from the most violent depths of Barcelona's society to its wealthiest families. Taunted by a particularly vicious and wily opponent, the stakes of Martin's investigation are not only justice but his very soul.
Book Four finds our hero, Arthus Trivium, trapped with Cesar, his Master Nostradamus' son, in a burning church presided over by Melusine, a witch with a serpent's tail. She's out to bring justice and wreak vengeance on a village torn by the rape and murder of several young women. But she isn't the only villain with a noble cause. In an eldritch realm that Angelica and Angulus have visited by means of a sleeping draught, Arthus' fellow disciples face a powerful sorceress planning no less than to wipe out all men. And over the centuries, unseen, she's built up quite an army...
