Synopses & Reviews
In the distant future, Verloc Nim wakes up in the middle of nowhere suffering from complete amnesia. He remembers nothing of his former life. But when Verloc is handed his diary by a robot-ape called Churchill, he is able to revisit his past. His life, he discovers, has been a miserable one. He lost his business, his family, and his friends because he refused the technological advancements of society. The eye implants, the pharyngeal filters, the genetic modificationsand#8212;he went without all these. He was astray in a society he deeply resentedand#8212;that is, until his brother, Conrad, took him to another planet to retrieve a mysterious substance called aama. Full of action, adventure, and strange characters, Aama is a unique exploration of societyand#8217;s dangerous relationship with technology.
Review
andldquo;What use does technology have if the end is nowhere in sight? What means will we concoct, day-to-day, to meet our end goal? Writer/artist Frederik Peeters plays with these themes and more in his Angoulandecirc;meandnbsp;Festivalandndash;winning sci-fi chronicle, Aama.andrdquo;
Review
andldquo;Fans of weird sci-fi comics will be sated by this award-winning series.andrdquo;
Synopsis
Verloc Nim and his brother, Conrad, depart on an expedition to recover the mysterious substance aama, which has transformed the environment of a distant planet. As they progress through a world that is both hostile and amazing, the mystery begins to unravelandmdash;but the truth about aama remains unknown, and reality begins to waver.
Synopsis
On Ona(ji), Verloc Nim is the sole survivor of an expedition to recover Aama, the experiment that has transformed this desert planet into a landscape inhabited by lethal biorobotic creatures and plants. Having pieced together the events of his recent pastandmdash;his journey to Ona(ji), his part in the deadly expedition to Aamaandrsquo;s sourceandmdash;Verloc finds himself physically transformed by his confrontation with the experiment. But will his extraordinary new powers be enough for him to save his daughter? The final volume of
Aama,
You Will Be Glorious, My Daughter, is the culmination of Peetersandrsquo;s award-winning seriesandmdash;a gripping blend of breathless action, existentialism, and suspense, and a spectacular vision of the distant future.
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About the Author
Frederik Peeters is one of the worldandrsquo;s most important comics artists, best known for his autobiographical graphic novel Blue Pills. He has received five nominations in the Best Book category at Angoulandecirc;me and in 2013 won the Best Series prize at the same event for the first two volumes of aama. He is also the author of Pachyderme(Fall 2013, SelfMadeHero) and Sandcastle (Spring 2013, SelfMadeHero). Peeters lives with his wife and daughter in Geneva.