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Return To Aldebaran: Episode 3

By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781800440241 It’s both intriguing and frustrating that after so many books Leo refuses to offer answers to many of the mysteries he introduces in these books. This is not a criticism, though. In fact, it’s commendable. We understand so little of our own planet that to quickly understand histories, alien […]

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SAM Vol 4: We’ll Never Forget You

By Marazano & Shang Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183673 This concluding volume to the series sees the teens taking their fight directly to the machines. Encouraged by Ian’s escape, he leads the group deep into the bowels of the earth to where the robots have seemingly commandeered some sort of government or military facility. All of […]

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Return To Aldebaran Episode 2

By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849185417 Having arrived on the strange and very distant world, Marie’s been kidnapped by what appears to be a human native. Kim and Luc return to Aldebaran for help which means all that the others can do is wait. Despite best intentions, it doesn’t seem that anyone can put a […]

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Story Without A Hero

By Dany & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849184144 Always welcome, as far as I’m concerned, is another book written by Jean Van Hamme. This new Cinebook offering falls under their Expresso collection for self-contained or two-part stories. The tale itself involves a plane crash in a South American jungle (no Marsupilamis, though, I’m afraid) […]

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Alone Vol 8: The Arena

By Gazzotti & Vehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183826 The reason for the children’s predicament is now clear, and despite those unusual circumstances it does’t mean they’re in any less danger than they would be otherwise. Their small group has been taken by a much larger one and transported across the mountains to a town where […]

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The Survivors (Quantum Anomalies) Episode 5

By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849183703 Marie’s group have been through a long and difficult struggle to survive the strange mix of aliens, wildlife and environments, and are now reduced to just two. Whereas they’ve met much hostility and danger from other parties they’ve met they are fortunate enough to cross paths with a two […]

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