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Lady S. #7
Une seconde d'éternité
Piégée par la police française, Lady S accepte la mission que lui impose l'énigmatique Colonel en échange de sa liberté, quitte à risquer sa vie et celle d'Anton. En se faisant passer pour Liouba Dobrovna, une tueuse de la mafia russe chargée de porter une mallette de diamants à l'un des parrains de la mafia corse, Lady S met le doigt dans un engrenage dont elle ne sortira pas indemne.
Rattrapée par la vie de dangers qui est la sienne, elle réalise brutalement combien elle a à perdre, elle qui pensait avoir déjà tout perdu. Les aventures de Lady S prennent un tournant plus sombre avec ce septième tome, qui introduit également un nouveau personnage avec le Colonel, patron d'un service occulte de l'État, prêt à tout sacrifier pour atteindre ses objectifs.
Rattrapée par la vie de dangers qui est la sienne, elle réalise brutalement combien elle a à perdre, elle qui pensait avoir déjà tout perdu. Les aventures de Lady S prennent un tournant plus sombre avec ce septième tome, qui introduit également un nouveau personnage avec le Colonel, patron d'un service occulte de l'État, prêt à tout sacrifier pour atteindre ses objectifs.
48 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2011
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About the author
Jean Van Hamme
749 books181 followersJean Van Hamme, is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including Histoire sans héros, Thorgal, XIII, Blake and Mortimer, Lady S and Largo Winch.
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October 19, 2022
Later issues of Lady S are real action thrillers, this one maybe the most. An old character returns, as some old enemies. Bittersweet Hollywood ending. Have to admit I liked it. Coloring is a bit strange though, so it affects drawing. Hopefully they'll return to translating this series.
January 28, 2021
page turner !
March 11, 2020
If you pick up a Van Hamme book you’re guaranteed to get a smartly written thriller, whatever the genre he’s writing for. With Lady S it’s a contemporary mix of crime and espionage, suffused with twists and double-crosses.
Lady S, or Shania, is unwittingly thrown into the path of French Intelligence by her aggrieved father. Angry at the Russian scientist who procured his work, Shania’s father breaks cover and attempts to assassinate him at a global conference. It’s a dumb move that exposes the fact he’s still alive and puts his own daughter into danger. Compromised, Shania is forced to do the bidding of French Intelligence, posing as an envoy of the Russian mafia to a Corsican crime lord in an attempt to expose him. It’s a dangerous play, and one that almost instantly goes awry. The body count, inevitably, begins to mount, and Shania is caught in the middle of it all.
There are precious few female characters penned for this sort of role, usually reserved for macho, silent males. Van Hamme has a gift for taking the tropes of a genre and turning them on their heads, delivering surprises along the way. And let’s face it, those are the most entertaining stories.
Aymond brings the whole thing to life with a clean and detailed illustrative style that suits the adventurous narrative perfectly. Tense drama, action sequences and moments of reflection are given the weight they need to carry the emotion and the story forward.
If you’ve not discovered Van Hamme’s books yet there’s an outstanding wealth of stories to discover. Do take the trouble to pick one up.
Lady S, or Shania, is unwittingly thrown into the path of French Intelligence by her aggrieved father. Angry at the Russian scientist who procured his work, Shania’s father breaks cover and attempts to assassinate him at a global conference. It’s a dumb move that exposes the fact he’s still alive and puts his own daughter into danger. Compromised, Shania is forced to do the bidding of French Intelligence, posing as an envoy of the Russian mafia to a Corsican crime lord in an attempt to expose him. It’s a dangerous play, and one that almost instantly goes awry. The body count, inevitably, begins to mount, and Shania is caught in the middle of it all.
There are precious few female characters penned for this sort of role, usually reserved for macho, silent males. Van Hamme has a gift for taking the tropes of a genre and turning them on their heads, delivering surprises along the way. And let’s face it, those are the most entertaining stories.
Aymond brings the whole thing to life with a clean and detailed illustrative style that suits the adventurous narrative perfectly. Tense drama, action sequences and moments of reflection are given the weight they need to carry the emotion and the story forward.
If you’ve not discovered Van Hamme’s books yet there’s an outstanding wealth of stories to discover. Do take the trouble to pick one up.
February 28, 2021
Just finished the last of the published Lady S stories to date. They are solid if not spectacular thrillers. These stories are not as exciting as Largo Winch and XIII but they are good. The art is solid. The stories have been building to a bigger climax. If you want an intriguing female answer to James Bond or maybe Jason Bourne then Lady S would be a solid option.
January 12, 2014
Ça s'améliore d'épisode en épisode. J'attends les deux suivants avec impatience...
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