Children of the Whales Volume 4 — Abi Umeda

The people of the Mud Whale have fought off the forces of the Allied Empire for now and their only hope for continued survival is to find an ally from beyond the Sea of Sand So when the bombastic Captain Rochalizo sails his ship alongside their island Mayor Suou is ready and eager to befriend the stranger But even if Rochalizo can offer asylum they have no way to navigate the Mud Whale That is until the mysterious Aima begins unlocking the Mud Whale s secrets for Chakuro A gripping postapocalyptic fantasy adventure in the vein of Nausicaa Tanıtım Bülteninden

n this post apocalyptic fantasy a sea of sand swallows everything but the past In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale a floating island city of clay and magic In its chambers a small community clings to survival most dying young from the very powers that sustain them It is Year 93 of the Sand Exile but the implications of that calendar is only now sinking in for Chakuro Imperial soldiers from the Allied Empire have appeared from nowhere with orders to kill all the criminals of the Mud Whale The committee of elders knows why this is happening but they still won t explain to the young Marked of the island And the elders would rather see the Mud Whale sink forever to the bottom of the sea of sand than leave them all to the hands of the Empire A gripping post apocalyptic fantasy adventure in the vein of Nausicaa Tanıtım Bülteninden

In this post apocalyptic fantasy a sea of sand swallows everything but the past In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale a floating island city of clay and magic In its chambers a small community clings to survival cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past Chakuro is the archivist for the Mud Whale diligently chronicling the lives and deaths of his people As one of the short lived thymia wielders he knows his time is limited and is determined to leave a better record than his predecessors But the steady pace of their isolated existence on the Mud Whale is abruptly shattered when a scouting party discovers a mysterious young girl who seems to know more about their home than they do A gripping post apocalyptic fantasy adventure in the vein of Nausicaa Releases 6 times a year for 9 volumes Series is ongoing Anime to be released Fall 2017 For fans of Hayao Miyazaki Moebius Garth Nix Phillip Pullman Tamora Pierce Ties into the ongoing trend of post apocalyptic stories with YA protagonists such as Hunger Games Divergent The 100 The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Last of Us The European comics influenced art and fantasy setting lend this title crossover potential for mainstream comics readers Tanıtım Bülteninden