In a not-so-distant future, mankind’s greed and short-sightedness have exhausted the planet. The vast majority of the population lives in misery among the ruins of civilisation, while a small, privileged minority continues to enjoy a luxurious existence inside a few fortress-cities scattered around the globe, the Enclaves. Vivian is a member of the elite forces that protect this utopia – but also regularly hunt down and capture people from outside the walls to use as cheap, forced labour …
T1 Memories from the Civil War
In a not-so-distant future, mankind’s greed and short-sightedness have exhausted the planet. The vast majority of the population lives in misery among the ruins of civilisation, while a small, privileged minority continues to enjoy a luxurious existence inside a few fortress-cities scattered around the globe, the Enclaves. Vivian is a member of the elite forces that protect this utopia – but also regularly hunt down and capture people from outside the walls to use as cheap, forced labour …
T2 Memories from the Civil War
In a world devastated by Man, a rich minority lives in luxury inside fortress-cities protected by elite troops, while what’s left of humanity toils in slavery for them. Volume 2 of 3. As far his men are concerned, Vivian is fully recovered from his accident and long coma. An opinion that is not fully shared by Rachel, the team’s new psychologist … and Vivian’s ex-girlfriend! Personal entanglements aside, the team leader does still have those disturbing apocalyptic dreams – and then there’s that ‘Blue Parrot’ sign that seems to haunt him. A new mission to the Middle East might bring some answers at last … but will they be welcome?
T3 Memories from the Civil War
In a world devastated by Man, a rich minority lives in luxury inside fortress-cities protected by elite troops, while what’s left of humanity toils in slavery for them. Volume 3 of 3. The mission to break the siege of Tel Aviv ended in disaster – two dead, and the rest of the team captured. But as the prisoners await their fate, they’re suddenly confronted to the terrible reality of their world – most notably the fact that they don’t seem to be fighting for the side of angels. Will they be able to adapt to this new truth and make the right choices – assuming there are still right choices?
Memories from the Civil War, vol 1 is written by Richard Marazano, with artwork by Jean-Michel Ponzio. It takes place in a future where small elites are gathered in enclaves around the world, these elites are protected from the rest by armed soldiers. A group of those soldiers are at the center of this story. I feel like this book didn't go all the way for me. There's a lot of explaining going on throughout the story, but this future... En lire plus