Authors: Rosinski & Van Hamme
Age: 15 years and up
Size: 18.4 x 25.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: March 2018
Thorgal - The Barbarian
ISBN: 9781849183994
Price: £6.99 inc. VAT
Thorgal, his family, and his new friends Tiago and Ileniya
have been captured by slavers while attempting to cross the desert. The two
adult men are sold to the local governor as fodder for a cruel blood game,
where young nobles in chariots practice their archery skills on fleeing slaves.
Turning the tables on them, Thorgal earns his and Tiago’s freedom, but not the
women’s – and he has made a mortal enemy in the governor’s son...
This is another book appearing after a long delay. I really
cannot remember what happened last time but luckily the story is more-or-less
self contained and I had read some Thorgal in German years before Cinebook
arrived and actually also revealed the origins of the character!
Held captive, freed and then having to compete against the
governor’s son it looks like Thorgal might win but after Tiago’s fate someone
has a plan for vengeance and the bodies start mounting up…including Thorgal’s
as he is left dead on a cliff top.
From the first volume on this has been an incredibly
entertaining series with bloody action and history as you may not have been
taught at school –from Central America to just about most of the rest of the
then known/unknown world. Rosinski and
Van Hamme have created a classic series that you would be a fool to miss out on
buying.
HIGHLY recommended.
No local retailer selling Cinebook? Then why not look at their online store...
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