Let the byword for this month be: skulduggery! If nothing else, because it’s an awesome word. But also because there’s plenty of it in all three of our new titles, of course … Take Redbeard, for example. It’s a pirate story, after all. With three sides in the ongoing conflict – Redbeard, the Spectre and the Spaniards, there’s a heck of a lot of betraying and double-crossing taking place, and getting out of his growing heap of problems will call for plenty of cunning and underhandedness from the old privateer – plus a sharp blade and a steady aim, of course! Then there’s Highlands, and while most of the betraying has been done in volume 1, now our hero Joseph has to clear his name and get a measure of revenge – secretly, since he’s still wanted by the authorities. Also, there’s a whole uprising taking place, though perhaps an army lining up for battle is a tad too obvious to qualify as sneaky behaviour … Finally, we welcome our latest addition to the team, Michel Vaillant, and his Legendary Races series. This first volume takes us to the Indianapolis 500 in 1966, a real race that is remembered as being extremely exciting and full of surprises. This book offers a nail-biting narrating of the race itself combined with a great deal of – you guessed it – skulduggery going on in the background, possible explanation for some of the aforementioned surprises. It’s smart, it’s captivating, and you can almost hear the roar of the cars as they dash around the speedway! August with Cinebook: ladies, gentlemen, start your reading! |        |
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