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Publisher
Titan Comics, a division of Titan Publishing Group, Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles, 2032. The prototype REPLICANT known only as ELLE – aka THE BLACK LOTUS KILLER, has escaped from the clutches of her creator NIANDER WALLACE and headed out into the desert in search of answers to her mysterious past and a possible redemption. But deep in the desert wasteland, Elle finds herself stranded in the industrial settlement of FRACKTOWN and drawn into a deadly dispute between the town’s two warring factions that could bring...
Author
Publisher
Mad Cave Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When eight former felons are left stranded on a deserted island with a murderous backpack strapped to them and nothing but a cartoon to help them through a deadly, constantly changing environment filled with danger around every corner, they have no choice but to result to violence in order to survive. Nature's Labyrinth is a battle royale filled with high octane action, off-kilter humor, cutthroat reality TV-style betrayals and ever-shifting alliances,...
Author
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"It is in the dustbowl of California - once the envy of the world with its lush environs, but now a nearly barren wasteland controlled by the evil Hulk Gang - that Wolverine seeks to live in peace. Finally living a life with a loving wife and children,and free from the day-to-day violence of his former existence as a mutant enforcer, he wants to keep it that way. If only they'd let him. Along with his fellow traveler, the now blind Hawkeye, Wolverine...
Series
Sleepless (Graphic novels) volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Nearly a year later in the court of Harbeny, Lady Poppy and Sir Cyrenic must forge ahead without each other. Cyrenic adjusts to life after being released from the Sleepless Vow. And though Poppy has allies old and new, she buckles under the pressure to marry Lord Helder. The future looks bleak, but both Poppy and Cyrenic are fighters. Either they will claw their way out of the darkness, or take as many enemies with them as they can."-- cover page...
Author
Publisher
Kodansh Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Humanity's last gamble. After being captured by Rod Reiss, the rightful king, Eren finally learns the terrible truth behind how he acquired his Titan powers--and the depth of his father's crimes. After reconvening with Levi, Erwin, and the rest, the Survey Corps succeeds in overthrowing the Royal Government before moving on to the next step in their plan: to use Eren's Titan hardening powers to retake Wall Maria, and defeat the Titans once and for...
Series
Colorless (Manga) volume 2
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A cosmic disaster stripped color from the Earth, leaving behind a mutated humanity that lives in a world of moody black and grey. Most of the technology and history of the old world is forgotten, but there is tantalizing promise in the dangerous new field of chromadynamics. A rogue scientist named Avidia is on the hunt for the world's last remaining scraps of color, but he's not the only one. A mysterious cult has found a way to turn pigment into...
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles, 2029. The city is in chaos, reeling from a replicant uprising led by Yotun -- a genetically defective Nexus 6 who has somehow managed to outlive his four-year lifespan. With Blade Runner Ash his prisoner, the newly completed seawall defenses smashed, and the ruling elite massacred, Yotun's army guerilla army of fanatical replicants have moved in to take control and realize Yotun's dream of a city of humans rules by replicants. Now it's...
Series
Touring after the apocalypse volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"All alone after the end of days, two girls ride through the desolate ruins of Japan-- but they're not about to let the collapse of civilization get in the way of sightseeing! From the hot springs of Hakone to the massive Tokyo Big Sight, they've got the run of the country's most popular tourist spots all to themselves, so why not make the most of it?" -- Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera composed in 1943 by two prisoners, Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, at the Terezín concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed. Set in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead became a technologically advanced tyranny, the power-mad...
Author
Publisher
Humanoids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Things are not going well for Commander Kaimann. Luz, the love of his life, is dead, his home of Tortuga destroyed, his crew ghostly apparitions, and his crocodilian mutation taking over more and more of his body -- Kaimann is fighting for his life on multiple fronts. Just when it seems like despair may overtake him, a chance encounter with a strange violin connects him to Aurora, a woman living in a future where she is staring down almost certain...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Yokohama Station has swallowed 99% of mainland Japan. Hiroto's journey through the depths of Yokohama Station has led him to Keiha Nijo, leader of the once-great Dodger Alliance, whose technology allows her to obscure her location and evade the station's robotic guards. The Winter War, tactical AIs, and dormant machine minds... Will her whispered stories at last reveal the secrets of the station?"--
32) Truckus maximus
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In a near-future world where the Roman Empire never fell, only two things matter: honor and the Game. The Game is Truckus Maximus, a competition where drivers race against one another toward victoryor disaster. The best of the best is a young driver named Axl. The leader of Team Apollo, Axl drives hard and lives by a strict moral code. That code will be tested to its limits by the Caesarthe cunning ruler of the Roman Empireand the Dominus, the absolute...
33) Little monarchs
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In the twenty-second century, a sun shift has made it impossible for mammals to survive in the daylight, and ten-year-old Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, are studying the migration route of monarch butterflies along what used to be the western coast of the United States, hoping that something in the butterflies wing scales can be used to protect people from the sun and save humanity from extinction.
34) Eve
Author
Series
Eve (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When the ice caps melted, most of humanity was lost to the hidden disease that was released. Now, a mysterious girl named Eve has awoken in secret and must deal with a world that s nothing like the virtual reality she was raised in. In order to save her father and accompanied only by Wexler, her robotic caretaker and protector sheathed in her favorite teddy bear, Eve must embark on a deadly quest across the country. Along the way, she will have to...
35) Metax
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the dystopian city-state of Kronin, the chief engineer is in charge of all mining of Metax a precious material that has become indispensable to survival because of its extraordinary qualities. Meanwhile, a police officer investigates the mysterious killing of royal horses, suspecting a terrorist insurrection. Sabrina, the engineer's daughter, is a member of this resistance group, which appears to be comprised of children. Meanwhile, the King's...
36) East of West: 9
Author
Series
East of West volume 9
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"We would tell you to pray, but it wouldn't do any good. You have earned what is coming to you."-- cover page 4.
Series
Touring after the apocalypse volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A message from Youko's sister sends Youko and Airi to the university town of Tsukuba to get some much-needed maintenance done and check out the planetarium. Then after a stop to stretch their legs at Lake Kasumigaura, the two are off to Mobility Resort Motegi--a motorsport mecca featuring a full racing circuit! But does their little electric Serow pack enough horsepower to tear up the track?"--Back cover.
Series
Kowloon generic romance volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"I only have eyes for you." Such is the message the sunflowers proclaimed in a city brimming with a nostalgia just like love. As ordinary life turns extraordinary, a question arises. What if, in fact, your love and life belong to another? Knowing nothing of her past, Reiko Kujirai makes a wish to become her "absolute self." Successive secrets and deepening mysteries emerge in a relaxing, ideal love story..."--Publisher.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Life at Grace Field House is good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems& As Norman and his group prepare their plan to eradicate all of the demons, Emma searches for her own path. Can she find a way to create a new promise that achieves peace without resorting to violence?"--...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Defiant and brash, Princess Kaguya Takenouchi isn’t the ideal heir to the moon's Silver Court. But when villainous usurpers attack her people, she must rise to the occasion and protect the imperial line. Defiant and vulgar, Princess Kaguya Takenouchi is not the heir to the moon’s Silver Court that her mother’s retainers had hoped for. But when the empress falls ill during a wave of terrorist attacks, Kaguya resolves to do right by her people...
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