Faux héritier ou véritable enfant caché ? Largo Winch face à la vengeance d'une femme...
Impliqué malgré lui dans une affaire de trafic d'armes et de terrorisme international, Largo Winch n'a pas eu d'autre choix que de fausser compagnie aux agents du FBI lancés à ses trousses. Ce qui l'attend, dans les eaux troubles de la mer Noire, offre un visage inattendu : celui d'une femme déterminée à se venger. Et au prix fort, de préférence.
The problem with my reading of his adventures is that I have skipped around recklessly through them without even making sure to read two-parters together so I've decided to only read duos in order from now on.
I remember enjoying "Cold Black Sea" and entered this with many details retained but things still didn't mesh as well as they should have but I still had a great time reading this action-juiced wrap-up and appreciated Francq's art which just gets better and better as I become more and more familiar with it.
As a series, I like Largo with more gusto as I go but tire of him constantly getting framed. That angle is getting tiresome to me.
Оукеееей, сюжет про кризу іпотечного кредитування так і не стався, але сталася якась мексиканська мелодрама з таємним сином Неріо Вінча. А хай він був торговцем зброєю, але якесь додаткове моралізаторство фоном під це ніхто підкладати не став (а можна було б добряче розгорнутися), а отже у нас простенький молодіжний бойовик з перегонами, явними зрадниками, падаючими на поганців контейнерами та гвинтокрилами, які одразу за рахунок власного вибуху прибирають з дошки купу лиходіїв. А ще в цьому альбомі був другий сюжет, про весілля лєпшого друга Ларго Вінча, Сімона Овронназа. Весілля вимушене, тому там кумедія. “Кмітливий” економічний триллер, еге ж…
Opnieuw veel van hetzelfde, prachtig in beeld gebracht, deze keer nog meer 007-achtige zotte actie. Het blijft een toffe reeks maar het zou wel eens leuk zijn moest een volgend avontuur niet op hetzelfde stramien voortborduren.
So, Largo’s trapped aboard a ship sailing out into the Black Sea, Simon’s in prison facing historical charges of burglary, and the FBI think Largo’s up to his neck in something extremely murky. Just who is puling all the strings here?
Van Hamme and Francq take us back a couple of decades into Nerio Winch’s past, when he was visiting the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic and staying as a guest of one of the ministers. One of the members of staff at the house is put at Nerio’s disposal, but she takes matters further than simply ensuring Nerio has fresh towels and ends up falling pregnant. Later, when she contacts Nerio, she finds little comfort nor sympathy from him, but she remains determined to flee her country and reach the US where Nerio is based. She gets as far as Ankara, but her resources are rapidly diminishing and all looks lost until an English accountant comes to her rescue and presents her with an offer she’d be foolish to refuse. She gains the new life she seeks, but not the wealth and indeed acknowledgement for her son from his biological father, and so begins a long-term plan to claim that inheritance for him, whatever it takes.
Largo, then, not only has to deal with Sybil Lockwood, but with a brother he never knew he had, and he has to do so in the middle of the Black Sea. Fortunately, he’s not alone.
An excellent conclusion to the story begun in Cold Black Sea, and with the trademark twists that defy your expectations that Van Hamme is so adept at. This is a tremendously satisfying book, combining great storytelling with some of the best visuals in the medium.
Nice story, wouldn't buy another volume necessarily as it wasn't the most exciting read I ever had but it wasn't bad. A classic comic book I'd say. Worth a try if you like that kind of read :)