The Three Elders of Aran: Thorgal Vol. 2 (Thorgal (Cinebook)) [Paperback]

Van Jean Hamme (Author), Grzegorz Rosinski (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2007 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Thorgal (Cinebook) (Book 2)

In these new adventures, Aaricia is crowned Queen, and Thorgal will have to face many difficult tests to track down his beauty. Then they spend some happy days together in the countryside... Their first child is announced. But, alas, everything is turned upside down into horror by the jealousy of Shaniah, a teenager turned away by Thorgal. Prisoner on board the Black Galley, Thorgal becomes a plaything in the hands of Veronar, a degenerate tyrant.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Cinebook, Ltd (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905460317
• ISBN-13: 978-1905460311
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,122,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific second volume (also stands alone) with stunning art, June 22, 2009

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This review is from: The Three Elders of Aran: Thorgal Vol. 2 (Thorgal (Cinebook)) (Paperback)

The Thorgal series is a long-running fantasy title from Belgium. The English translations are - oddly - not in the same sequential order. This, the second volume in the English series, is quite late in the original order. Still, this is a fantastic story - no prequel necessary.

The Three Elders of Aran is similar to the barbarian adventures out of Robert E. Howard - with the appropriately melodramatic sword & sorcery stylings. The adventure (and the Black Galley, which follows) is terrific - twisted, dark & very spooky. Thorgal is caught between his 'Norse' need to smack things with swords and his basic instinct to help out his fellow man (and woman & water-nymph).

Poor Thorgal has a fairly depressing life - most of the adventures take place in stark, grim colors - dark blue nights, mud-brown underworlds or blood-red-tinted shadows. It is also worth noting that the type is fantastic - both in the speech-bubbles and in the actions ('Splash!' is my favorite - when he dives off a boat locked tooth-and-claw with a tiger.).

As with the other Cinebook translations, there have been a few modifications for the 'sensibilities of the English-speaking audience'.