XIII 20 - The Bait
By (Author) Jean van Hamme
Cinebook Ltd
Cinebook Ltd
5th February 2015
5th February 2015
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
741.5
Paperback
48
Width 184mm, Height 257mm, Spine 4mm
XIII is hiding in France at the Preseaus, after a past more nebulous he even believed possible caught up to him again. But the organisation that's after him hasn't said its last word, and has considerable means at its disposal. It lures Jones, on duty in Afghanistan, into a terrible ambush, for the sole purpose of serving as bait for the amnesiac - who immediately rushes to her rescue. Meanwhile, Betty Barnowsky-Preseau is off to Maine to dig into XIII's past -
YvesSente began writing scripts in 1999 and has already acquired considerable clout, being chosen as successor to Van Hamme for the series "Thorgal" and the sequel to XIII and working with Van Hamme on "Blake & Mortimer." Arrived from Russia with his first completed project in hand, YouriJigounov proved himself to the Franco-Belgian comic scene with series "Alpha," so much so that his elegant, precise art was chosen to succeed William Vance's.