Ionheart

(Paperback)

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This head-spinning, time-bending graphic novel is a nuclear fusion of fantasy and science fiction whose every page glows with an eerie light. Will you survive the blast This head-spinning, time-bending graphic novel is a nuclear fusion of fantasy and science fiction whose every page glows with an eerie light. Will you survive the blast Pursued by a terrifying demon, a young knight flees across the radioactive ruins of a fairy-tale land. His only weapon is the same cursed power that once destroyed this world-what they call magic, and others would call technology. As his relentless enemy draws closer, the knight's terrible secrets begin to unfold. How many lives has he lived Is this the past, the present, or the future Is he destined to bring love, or unimaginable destruction And if he fails...will humanity get another chance The English-language debut of German graphic novelist Lukas Kummer arrives like a thunderbolt, arcing brilliantly between timelines, genres, and dimensions. This ambitious, atom-smashing book combines trace elements of everything from Tintin to Blade Runner to The Dark Tower to Adventure Time into a deadly breakthrough- intricate, explosive, and entirely new.

Reviews

The best work to date by one of the greatest talents of the German-speaking comic world. Andreas Platthaus, Frankfurter Allgemeine

Kummer draws his neon-synthetic universe with a great sense of tragedy, using minimalist style to create epic images. Michael Hster, PPM

Author Bio

Lukas Kummer was born and raised in Austria. At the age of 19, he moved to Germany to study fine arts. Since 2014, he has worked as a freelance illustrator and comic book author. He has published several graphic novels in Germany and Austria. Ionheart is his first book to be published in English.