Die Mutter aus einem Helikopter heraus von Kugeln durchsiebt… Er selbst Opfer eines Regimes, für das Recht und Gesetz bloße Worthülsen ohne Bedeutung sind … Schlimmer kann es für Eliah, den noch fast kindlich anmutenden Helden in einer postapokalyptischen Szenerie nicht mehr kommen – könnte man meinen … wenn nicht Endo der Zeichner dieser Endzeit-Story wäre, die sich an keine gängigen Genre-Konvetionen zu halten scheint. Die Gegensätze der Machtblöcke treten in Bildern zutage, wie sie für Endo typisch sind: auf der einen Seite der jugendlich-unschuldig anmutende Held, auf der anderen Sequenzen einer bestialischen Brutalität, die – zumal oft an Schwächeren vollzogen – die ganze innere Zerrissenheit und das Gespaltensein einer Welt nach dem Untergang zeichnet. Diese Bilder bleiben nicht ohne Wirkung auf den Leser.
Eden: It's an Endless World! Series
This series plunges into a bleak future where humanity grapples with a global pandemic that has irrevocably altered survivors. Amidst global chaos, a paramilitary force rises to seize control, while young heroes strive to navigate their existence in a transformed world. It masterfully blends cyberpunk aesthetics and philosophical musings with intense survival action. Prepare for a journey filled with compelling characters and unexpected turns.
Recommended Reading Order
Eden #1
- 216 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Eden Volume One is both a brilliant love song to the post-apocalyptic survival genre and the beginning of a deep exploration on man's role in the natural order. In the near future, a large portion of humanity is wiped out by a brutal, new virus that hardens the skin while dissolving internal organs. Those who aren't immune are either severely crippled or allowed to live with cybernetically enhanced bodies. Taking advantage of a world in chaos, a paramilitary force known as the Propater topples the United Nations and seeks world domination. Elia, a young survivor searching for his mother, travels towards the Andes Mountains with an artificially intelligent combat robot. When he encounters a group of anti-Propater freedom fighters, a maelstrom of unique characters unfolds. Graphic, cyberpunk, and philosophical, Eden is a place where endearing heroes face a constant struggle for survival and violent surprises wait around every corner!
Eden 3
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
With the world reeling from the after effects of a brutal, widespread virus, civilization is torn between the laws and ways of the old world and a new order where cybernetic implants are commonplace and might means right. Elijah and his comrades-in-arms attempt to cross the Andes Mountains, with Propater's gruesome Aeon soldiers and armored troops hot on their heels.
Eden: It's An Endless World! Volume 5
- 216 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Backed by their military might and mutated Aeon soldiers, Propater forces continue to seek possession of our planet. They also seek to maintain possession of a body stuck in suspended animation - a body whose consciousness has just been downloaded into outlaw Sophia's sophisticated, cyber-enhanced system. Sophia lost her body years ago, with only her brain surviving the flesh-destroying plague that decimated the world. Will she risk her own existence for a chance to reunite Maya's body with his mind? Hiroki Endo delivers another deep, poignant character study, before sending readers into a brilliant, carnage-filled showdown between Propater mercenaries, a crime cartel, Colonel Khan's renegade crew, and a struggling, post-apocalyptic police force! To make matters worse, Elijah enlists the aid of an old friend and plans an ambush at a Gnosian airport. Desperate, young Elijah seeks a reunion of a different sort... and he'll kill anyone who stands in his way!
A young man's survival in a post-pandemic world filled with violence, where love is transactional and humanity fights to rebuild amidst danger.
