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Milo leads a lonely childhood marked by the absence of his mother, aboutwhom he knows next to nothing. His father has gone to work in the city, leavinghim in the care of his three elderly aunts, who give him his freedom to distracthimself by the lake where he lives. In this lake, Milo discovers a fish egg ofunusual size, and when it hatches, a magnificent golden fish is born. Milo isonly half surprised when strange creatures, including a toad man, becomeinterested in his secret discovery. He soon meets and frees a fiery younggirl named Valia, who was held prisoner by the toad man, and the two are forcedto flee, guided by the golden fish, to “the other side” of the lake. . . the flip side underneath, one of many parallel worlds that areconnected through the lakes, rivers, and oceans. In this parallel universe, anevil wizard wields power, driven by blind vengeance, with the toad mandoes his bidding.  Milo finds himself the subject offascination, fear, and excitement by the elf-like population, who aren’tsure what to do with him, until he sets out on an adventure to protect them fromthe evil wizard. Along the way, he finally encounters his mother, who turnsout to be a sorceress from this world, and the polar opposite power of the evilwizard. He’s the lost scion of a new generation and wizards, and he neverknew it (even though his three aunts and the golden fish did). Milo is the keyin this battle; if the wizard manages to capture him, there will be no moreopponents in the world on this side of the lake, meaning he could extend hisdomination and carry it even further, leading the conquest of the multipleparallel universes . . . A beautifully illustrated,family-friendly, magical adventure in the vein of Amulet and The Wizard ofOz.The first of three self-contained story volumes.

The land under the lake really has turned upside down! Milo is summoned back to the strange, magical land (introduced in the first volume) by the Sorcerer, Valia's father, who was not only his enemy, but supposedly!  But the Sorcerer is very much alive, and he needs Milo's help... It seems the village Milo befriended is in dire straights: the goldfish is very sick, the children have all been captured by giant spiders, and Valia has gone missing, all victims of the mysterious Black Queen. And apparently, Milo is the only one left who can find them and stop the Queen from wreaking further havok.  His journey, however, uncovers a string of startling surprises... A beautifully illustrated, family-friendly, magical adventure in the vein of AMULET, THE WIZARD OF OZ, etc.The second of three self-contained story volumes.

Science meets the supernatural in award winning cartoonist Richard Marazano's graphic novel, when the eccentricities of infamous engineer and inventor, Nikola Tesla, are warped into a terrifying mystery during World War Two.Amidst the chaos of World War Two, New York is a city of mistrust and melancholy. Rumors abound of German submarines landing on the east coast, mysterious appearances - and disappearances - on the banks of the East River, Thomas Edison's laboratories under supervision of the FBI, experiments of terrible secret weapons by the Japanese forces in the Pacific... Yet Nikola Tesla, probably the only scientist whose originality and brilliant inventions are likely to provide a solution to the destructive war, is nowhere to be found!One summer in 1942, young Travis moves with his mother to a furnished hotel in Manhattan. Little does he know that his enigmatic neighbor will take him on an adventure with terrible and shocking scientific ramifications...

In a not-so-distant future, mankind's greed and short-sightedness have exhausted the planet. The vast majority of the population lives in misery among the ruins of civilisation, while a small, privileged minority continues to enjoy a luxurious existence inside a few fortress-cities scattered around the globe, the Enclaves. Vivian is a member of the elite forces that protect this utopia - but also regularly hunt down and capture people from outside the walls to use as cheap, forced labour...

As far his men are concerned, Vivian is fully recovered from his accident and long coma. An opinion that is not fully shared by Rachel, the team's new psychologist... and Vivian's ex-girlfriend! Personal entanglements aside, the team leader does still have those disturbing apocalyptic dreams - and then there's that 'Blue Parrot' sign that seems to haunt him. A new mission to the Middle East might bring some answers at last... but will they be welcome? Ages 12+

The mission to break the siege of Tel Aviv ended in disaster - two dead, and the rest of the team captured. But as the prisoners await their fate, they're suddenly confronted to the terrible reality of their world - most notably the fact that they don't seem to be fighting for the side of angels. Will they be able to adapt to this new truth and make the right choices - assuming there are still right choices?

The village's tranquility is once again threatened as a mysterious girl is found floating in the lake, one who has a strange connection to the wild brambles that climb into the sky, and the terrible monsters that are climbing down to terrorize the land! It's now up to Milo and Valia to embrace their innate magical powers to save the land! A beautifully illustrated, family-friendly, magical adventure in the vein of AMULET, THE WIZARD OF OZ, etc. The third of three self-contained but continuing story volumes.