Cinebook Ltd – serie

1958. Buck Danny continues the covert operation intended to rescue American nuclear scientists kidnapped by the USSR in 1951. Unfortunately, nothing goes as planned, and Buck and friends find themselves struggling to escape the clutches of deadly SMERSH operatives - the Red Army's counter-intelligence arm ... From Russia to Iran and Turkey, from desperate dogfights in the air to commando operations on the ground, courage and consummate skill will be the key words of this conclusion to a two-part story.

After her exhausting mission in Amazonia, Kathy Austin is off to Scotland on holiday. She intends to take possession of a house her great-aunt bequeathed her. Unfortunately, she finds the house ruined, burned down a few weeks earlier - and it also appears that the police find the circumstances of the old lady's death a tad ... strange. While the locals blame the ghosts and goblins that haunt the moors, Kathy soon discovers signs that point to a very different explanation: 'crop circles' of ... alien origin?!

1951. A plane carrying an American general and 40 nuclear technicians makes an emergency landing off the coast of Ireland. When rescuers reach the spot, though, they find nothing - no life rafts, no bodies ... The West cannot afford to leave anyone with knowledge of atomic weapons in enemy hands, so it will be up to Buck and his friends to find the missing men, thanks to an experimental, high-altitude, Mach 3-capable aircraft: the Rapier...

Kathy Austin and her Brazilian Navy partner have finally stumbled upon the lost German submarine but quickly discover that they aren't the first to set foot in it since it was abandoned. When Reinhart and the doctor, the two Nazis looking for the gold hidden in the U-boot, arrive in turn, bringing with them Jo, the albino with otherworldly powers, secrets will be revealed, old debts will be settled, and the British spy will finally be able to close her investigation - for now.

After yet another bloody battle, the Union Army organises a recruiting drive during which Blutch attempts to dissuade an obviously too young boy from signing up. To no avail, though, and before long the kid, Pucky, joins them as ... a drummer boy! While Chesterfield is tasked with looking after him, Pucky begins to practice his drumming - much to the displeasure of the troops, who are eager to get some rest before the major engagement looming on the horizon.

1857. It has been five years since Baron Haussmann began his colossal endeavour: remodelling Paris into a modern capital. The city is at the centre of such a storm of real estate speculation that not every means employed to ensure the success of an investment stays within the confines of the law. In the middle of this financial free-for-all, a new generation of Saint-Huberts will clash, the children of Charlotte and those of Christian, two branches seemingly unable to escape the hatred the sister and the brother have for each other.

1861. The colossal profits generated by Haussmann's great work have made both branches of the Saint-Hubert family extremely rich. Despite the sometimes bloody, sometimes tragic secrets that poison this generation, a certain rapprochement seems to be in the works - motivated, of course, by money. A partnership aimed at taking advantage of Napoleon III's military adventurism. But a major, devastating war with Prussia is in the making, and on its heels, the events of the Paris Commune will seal the fate of some of the siblings ...

Kristina, Zachary, and Olmay have managed to set up an interstellar luxury vehicle trafficking ring and now lead a proper criminal gang, the Trident. The young Earthling's future is far from secure, though. Her men hate her because of her origins, Olmay is turning increasingly tyrannical and bloodthirsty, and external threats abound, from the survivors of the Cartel of the Peaks who still want her dead to the authorities who are after everyone! In the crucible of the looming confrontation will be forged the Kristina we meet in Orbital ...

Having rescued his daughter, who'd been kidnapped to blackmail his father Redbeard, Eric joins him on the island where the 'maroons', runaway slaves, have sought refuge. Their plan is still to find Baba, who left the crew to assist the maroons, but in no time they find themselves caught in the locals' infighting. When an external threat comes to compound the internal struggles, what will be left of everyone's dreams of freedom - and what path will Redbeard and Baba choose?

A wolverine, having been the victim of a prank by a group of young flying squirrels, swears to get revenge. Soon, he kidnaps one of the young squirrels - who happens to be a cousin of Linden's, Yakari's beaver friend. The wolverine's plan is to torture his prisoner by starving him, then gobble him whole to acquire his ability to glide through the air! Yakari and Linden will have to work hard to rescue their friend ... and convince the incensed predator to abandon his nefarious plans!

In the distant future, after our world collapsed, new civilisations have emerged, built along neo-feudal structures. In what used to be France, on the edge of an immense forest, stands Cocto Citadel, a fortress-factory ruled over by a lord made almost immortal by advanced technology. But now his daughter, Blanche, finds herself at the heart of a despicable plot - and that as nature itself is showing signs of rebelling against the humans, who seem ready to make the same mistakes as their ancestors.

Count Cocto, injured, is locked inside a regeneration tank. His daughter Blanche, hunted by assassins sent by her own uncle, is trying to hide inside the Animae, the forbidden sectors of the forest. As for Paul Greem, the ranger hired to bring Blanche back to Cocto Citadel, he's extremely worried by the increasingly hostile nature of the mutating forest. Already faced with conspiracies, betrayals, and disasters, how will Blanche handle the terrible revelation that awaits her?