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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Alex Carret is a talented young Brussels chocolatier whose life takes a drastic turn when he quits his job and agrees to partner with a friend of a friend named Ben. He's a little wary of him at first, but when Ben comes up with a business plan, a space, a brilliant branding idea, and a 100,000-euro loan, Alex can't resist the temptation of seeing his lifelong dream come true. Soon he and his team are selecting the finest chocolate from countries...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Jack Irons latest adventure finds him in the Far East, looking into a bridge that just cant seem to get built. Accidents plague its troubled construction: crumbling concrete, disappearing workers why does the Starbridge company keep pouring money into a losing proposition? Its a mess, but the kind thats right up this brilliant engineers alley. And Irons knows hes on the right track, because goons are crawling out of the woodwork to come gunning for...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A beautiful young woman is accused of an unspeakable crime that seems completely out of step with her sweet personality. As she tells her life story to her attorney, the book delves into the psyche and past of a young girl with a cold mother, an absent father, a twin sister with whom she shared an unbreakable bond, and a horrific family secret that leads to tragedy. But beyond the wounds of the past and the pain of the present, the book ultimately...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Sam Beauclairs life has hit the skids. Hes late with his second novel, his marriage is on the rocks, and the bank is foreclosing on the apartment. In desperation, he flees to Melvile, a small country town where he once spent idyllic vacations with his novelist father. There he finds work as a handyman, and when a pair of siblings befriend him, he slowly begins to come out of his shell. But is it a fresh start, or just willful denial of reality? Will...
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The one and only Matt (MAGE, GRENDEL) Wagner is in the home-stretch of his epic story of Zorro! After catastrophic changes in Zorro's world-events, Zorro begins to question everything he does and everything for which he stands. There're thrilling times ahead as ZORRO RIDES AGAIN with issue #7 from Dynamite Entertainment!
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Aboard the yacht that saved them, Koralovski and his companions are en route towards an off-shore laboratory belonging to his company. In fact, this is not just any laboratory; it's the laboratory that was developing a revolutionary process allowing the extraction of an entire petrol deposit that had supposedly run out. But when they arrive at the laboratory, the place is completely deserted...
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The one and only Matt (MAGE, GRENDEL) Wagner is in the home-stretch of his epic story of Zorro! Zorro is not alone as another swashbuckler sword expert joins the fray. Who is this person? And what does it mean for Zorro? These are thrilling times ahead as ZORRO RIDES AGAIN with issue #9 from Dynamite Entertainment!
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Meet Jack Irons. Hes a cold son-of-a-bitch, but hes got a gift. He can look at a disastera fallen bridge, a collapsed skyscraperand see everything: the physics, the material stresses, the behind-the-scenes insight into how it all went wrong, claiming lives and property. Makes sense: hes a structural engineer. And when he applies his brilliant, analytical mind to crimefighting, then the truth will out. Because thats what he cares about. Not people....
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Viktor Koralovski was Russias Oil Kinga title that earned him the wrath of President Khanine and ten years in prison. An unexpected missile attack allows Koralovski to escape. However, he soon learns that while he was locked up, his friends and enemies have become almost indistinguishable, which leads to his current position at the centre of a vast conspiracy that threatens to engulf the entire oil industry!
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The one and only Matt (MAGE, GRENDEL) Wagner is in the home-stretch of his epic story of Zorro! As the Los Angeles soldiers try to lure-in El Zorro for a final showdown, Zorro begins to question everything he does and everything for which he stands. There're thrilling times ahead as ZORRO RIDES AGAIN with issue #8 from Dynamite Entertainment!
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Bitcoin is making giant strides throughout the world. Satoshi Nakamoto, its creator, continues as an enigmatic and cryptographic figure. Nonetheless, rumors surrounding his potential wealth have not gone unnoticed by the mafia. He has also popped up on the radar of the secret services. In fact, NSA agents have been searching for him for some time now. The opportunities that this crypto-currency has opened up within the financial markets have turned...
13) The Children
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Meet the children: Airbus, with his barely contained rage, Angel, whose sweet looks belie a mercurial cruelty, and Mongol, who talks to insects and stray animals. They spend their days weaving baskets at Save the Innocents, an outreach foundation. They fantasize about the friendly blonde aid worker Anika, are wary of her blandly affable Belgian boss, and mock her short husband Recto, who speaks their language so poorly. Meanwhile, gunfire thunders...
14) Guinea Pigs
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A pharmaceutical testing center. Three human test subjects. Three pills a day for twenty-one days. And at the end, a check for 3,500 euros. Our three guinea pigs begin the test thinking theyre in it for the money. Three weeks later, they leave transformed. Have their dreams come true, or will their lives become living nightmares?
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Koralovski's long-awaited confrontation with President Khanine is cut short when the threat of a nuclear attack on Kazakhstan comes to light, targeting one of the biggest oil deposits in the world. Not knowing the extent of enemy infiltration in their national security services, Koralovski and his team have no choice but to deal with the crisis themselves, and try to prevent the worst from happening.
17) Smoketown #7
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Marcus' widow Jen is now making ends meet by working for Jamie Bennett... and informing on him to the FBI. But when Jen sees a part of Bennett's business she was never meant to see, she has to protect herself and her daughter by picking a side: the career criminal she's blackmailing or the FBI agents who are blackmailing her.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The leaders of the French Republic are among the best when it comes to shady deals. The latest in a long line has led to some embarrassing documents that must be recovered from a disgraced senator and deposited in a Belgian bank. But the Russians, who are part of the deal, see their chance to get ahold of the documents themselves. Only just back on duty, and still obsessed with finding the kidnapped Manon, Sisco will have to hit the ground running...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Eddie Campbell's Bacchus is a true epic, spanning a decade of work, over a thousand pages, and several millennia of alcohol consumption.
In Bacchus, the visionary behind From Hell (with Alan Moore) and Alec: The Years Have Pants presents his version of "an American-style comic book,? filtered through his own brilliant, whimsical, and wide-ranging sensibility. With a fine blend of action, comedy, suspense, and an ear for a great story, Bacchus brings...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Birds wasting away in a national park, refusing to migrate. Identical geometric markings on the wings of completely different insect species. A pillar of dust in the desert. A small-time hood travels to Indias shipbreaking yards in search of a giant nuclear-powered construction robot. A big-time crime boss makes a killing off the Algerian Revolution, in a world where it happened fifteen years later than in our own. A good story, insists reporter Franoise...
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