Cixin Liu's The Devourer

A Graphic Novel

Jean-David Morvan, Yang Wei-Lin, Yang Wei-Lin

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Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book
29 November 2022

Science fiction; Graphic novels: Manga; Graphic Novel

Series: The Worlds of Cixin Liu

Welcome to The Worlds of Cixin Liu, a series of graphic novels created by 35 artists – including writers, illustrators and colourists – from 13 countries, to salute the unique imagination of China's science fiction grandmaster.

Members of the Earth Protection Force circle the planet's atmosphere, neutralising threats before they come close enough to cause harm. Most days the threats come in the form of asteroids or meteorites, inanimate bodies set on a trajectory thousands of years ago – but not today.

Instead, a great crystal sent by a faraway alien intelligence has been intercepted. It carries a simple message: The Devourer approaches. The Devourer consumes planets, gorging itself on their inhabitants and plundering the land, only stopping once nothing living remains.

Soon, the first Devourer ship enters the solar system and Earth's fate is sealed.

Sealed, that is, unless humanity can fight – and win...

By: Jean-David Morvan
Illustrated by: Yang Wei-Lin, Yang Wei-Lin
Imprint: Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9781803282824
ISBN 10: 1803282827
Series: The Worlds of Cixin Liu
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 29 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jean-David Morvan is a French comic book author. He has published more than 230 comics to date and been honoured a number of times at the world famous Angouleme International Comics Festival and by the Prix Saint-Michel. Yang Wei-Lin is an artist from Taipei, Taiwan. She has received numerous awards for her experimental and conceptual fibre installations in Taiwan, and her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions within Taiwan and internationally. Yang Wei-Lin currently teaches in the Department of Material Arts and Design at Tainan National University of the Arts. Cixin Liu is China's #1 SF writer and author of The Three-Body Problem - the first ever translated novel to win a Hugo Award. Prior to becoming a writer, Liu worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan.

Reviews for Cixin Liu's The Devourer: A Graphic Novel

'A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology' -- George R.R. Martin 'Wildly imaginative, really interesting ... The scope of it was immense' -- Barack Obama 'A milestone in Chinese science fiction' * New York Times * 'A marvellous melange of awe-inspiring scientific concepts, clever plotting and quirky yet plausible characters ... Exhilarating, mind-stretching' * TLS * 'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' * The New Yorker *