Hercules: The Thracian Wars Volume 1 - Couverture rigide

Watsuki, Nobuhiro; Yagi, Norihiro; Moore, Steve

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0980233518 ISBN 13 : 9780980233513

Editeur : Radical Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

• Fourteen-hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the Earth that wasneither man nor god. Hercules, powerful son of the god king Zeus, receivednothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the lossof his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods, findinghis only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of sixsimilar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and the presence ofdeath. These men and woman never question where, why, or whom they go to fight;only how much they will be paid. Knowing this, the King of Thrace has hiredthese mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time.Hercules begins to question King Cotys' motives when he takes his army out tobattle and sees them practice on innocent men, women, and children of theirneighbors. Deep in his soul something stirs, but is it enough to stop a mad kingand his army of the damned from marching across Greece ― or even Olympusitself?!

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

• Fourteen-hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the Earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules, powerful son of the god king Zeus, received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods, finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and the presence of death. These men and woman never question where, why, or whom they go to fight; only how much they will be paid. Knowing this, the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. Hercules begins to question King Cotys' motives when he takes his army out to battle and sees them practice on innocent men, women, and children of their neighbors. Deep in his soul something stirs, but is it enough to stop a mad king and his army of the damned from marching across Greece — or even Olympus itself?!

Biographie de l'auteur

Steve Moore has had a long career in comics, writing for Warrior, 2000AD, Doctor Who, Terrific Tales and numerous other titles. He wrote the novelization for the movie V for Vendetta and several non-fiction books and is currently writing Top Shelf's The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic with his old friend and writing partner Alan Moore

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Radical Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0980233518
• ISBN 13: 9780980233513
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible