Amazonia, deel 2

Amazonie #2

by Rodolphe, Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (Leo), Bertrand Marchal

1949. In het Amazonewoud is een wezen gespot met onrustwekkende krachten. MI6 stuurt Kathy Austin ter plaatse om haar licht op te steken. De Engelse consul van Manaus heeft de hand weten te leggen op foto’s die op het lijk van een fotograaf zijn gevonden. Daarop staat het silhouet van een immens wezen dat weinig menselijks lijkt te hebben. Gaat het opnieuw om buitenaards leven?

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Comic Book, Adventure, Comics

48 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2017

About the author

Rodolphe is the pen name for Rodolphe Daniel Jacquette. His works are primarily written in French.

Reviews

[Simon Chadwick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kathy has gone in search of answers, heading up the Amazon River to find where the photograph of the mysterious being was taken. This means she happens to be at a small outpost when a large boat arrives, carrying several passengers. Although it appears innocent enough at first – almost eccentric – not everyone on board is being honest about their intentions. Kathy catches a blow to the head as the more nefarious elements of the visitors take off upstream, abducting José in the process. This means a chase through the upper waterways, into ever-dangerous territory, as both boats run into trouble.

We also get a parallel story, set a couple of years before, that begins at the Bram Stoker Society in London. Two members are granted an expenses-paid trip into the heart of Transylvania, but it doesn't deliver quite what they set out to find.

All in all, a book packed with intrigue, adventure, villains, and consequences. Whatever the strange being is, it clearly exists, but quite how it came to be there, and how it ties into the overall narrative, remains to be seen. And with three more books to go, there's plenty of opportunity for this take to go just about anywhere. I look forward to the journey.

[Komuniststar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strip napete atmosfere na razmedji mr Noa i Marty Mysterije.

[Pascal · Rating 3 out of 5]

La suite des aventures en Amazonie, dessin agréable, intrigue assez intéressante, même si les aventures ne nous emballent guère plus que ça...

[Mikael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book, too bad it's so hard to keep track of all new releases by Leo.