Book
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- CENTRAL: Teen Collection Graphic Novel
Orphans. Volume two, Lies
Call Number
- GRAPHIC NOVEL RECC TEEN (CEN)
Languages
Translated from the Italian.
Publication Information
[St. Louis, Missouri] : Lion Forge, 2018.
Physical Description
348 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
"A devastating energy beam strikes the Earth, instantly killing a sixth of the world's population. Deemed to be a premeditated attack by aliens from a distant planet, a Serbian scientist named Jsana Juric and a Japanese army colonel named Takeshi Nakamura gather a group of orphaned children who survived the disaster to become lethal soldiers trained to invade the hostile planet in hopes of preventing a repeat attack. Divided into teams, the children get to know each other, and begin to understand that surviving the training will itself be a brutal test. Lives are sacrificed and difficult lessons are learned, all in the interest of turning children into hardened killing machines. One such impressionable child is Jonas ..."--Amazon.com.
Notes
"First published in Italy in 2014 by Sergio Bonelli Editore S.p.A. under the title Orfani Nos. 4-6"--Title page verso.
Subjects
- Orphans > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Life on other planets > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Space warfare > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Imaginary wars and battles > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Child soldiers > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Interstellar travel > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Survival > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Extraterrestrial beings > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Human-alien encounters > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Graphic novels > Italy > Translations into English.