Children of the Whales, Vol. 2

Author: Abi Umeda
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974712877
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
It is year 93 of the Sand Exile, but the implications of that calendar are only now sinking in for Chakuro. Imperial soldiers from the Allied Empire have appeared out of nowhere with orders to kill all the “criminals” of the Mud Whale! The Committee of Elders knows why this is happening but still won’t explain it to the young Marked of the island. And the elders would rather see the Mud Whale sink forever to the bottom of the Sea of Sand than leave them all at the mercy of the empire. -- VIZ Media

Children of the Whales, Vol. 1

Author: Abi Umeda
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974712869
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Chakuro is the archivist for the Mud Whale, diligently chronicling the lives and deaths of his people. As one of the short-lived thymia wielders, he knows his time is limited and is determined to leave a better record than his predecessors. But the steady pace of their isolated existence on the Mud Whale is abruptly shattered when a scouting party discovers a mysterious young girl who seems to know more about their home than they do... -- VIZ Media

Children of the Whales, Vol. 4

Author: Abi Umeda
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974712893
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
The battle for the Mud Whale becomes a deadly rout as the Marked fight to protect their home and their comrades from the invading apátheia soldiers. Meanwhile, Chakuro and the rest of the boarding party have made it safely onto the imperial battleship Skyros, but their mission turns bloody when they reach the thymia-proof chamber at the heart of the ship. How will they destroy the enemy Nous and save the Mud Whale without access to their powers? -- VIZ Media

Children of the Whales, Vol. 20

Author: Abi Umeda
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974735362
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
The emperor and the great Nous Ánthropos have arrived on the shores of Kívotos! Chakuro tries to stand against the emperor and his terrible plan, but the show of resistance only gets him and Lykos pulled to the bottom of the Sea of Sand. Everyone knows that nothing survives sinking under the sands, but death isn’t what awaits them in them depths—it’s knowledge. -- VIZ Media

Children of the Whales, Vol. 14

Author: Abi Umeda
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974717828
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description
Lykos and Ouni have been captured by Orca, but instead of organizing a rescue, Suou has ordered the Mud Whale to set sail for their new homeland. Chakuro won't just abandon his friends, though, and he's determined to find a way to save them. But Orca has just declared independence from the empire, and any rescue attempt will end up right in the middle of his cataclysmic plans! -- VIZ Media

The Tale of the Whale

Author: Karen Swann
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534493956
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
A child and a whale embark on a beautiful journey together in this lyrical, gorgeously illustrated picture book about friendship, hope, and love for the world around us in the vein of The Fisherman & the Whale and Cynthia Rylant’s Life. Where land becomes sky and sky becomes sea, I first saw the whale and the whale first saw me. A child joins a friendly whale for a magical journey of discovery. They sail the blue ocean, dance with dolphins, and tail-splash seagulls. But the child also sees an ocean filled with plastic trash. And that inspires a promise of help, for the whale and all earth’s creatures.

Children of the Whales, Vol. 16

Author: Abi Umeda
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974724905
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
Chakuro, Suou and Shuan ventured to the battleship Karcharías to convince Orca to release Ouni and Lykos. But instead of rescuing their friends, they are now caught up in Orca’s plan to destroy the Mud Whale and all its residents! He claims this will unleash an apocalypse and overthrow the Nouses, creating a parallel world where humans will never again feel pain or sadness, but Chakuro and his friends aren’t interested in that kind of future. When words prove useless against Orca’s sophistry, will the team from the Mud Whale be forced into violence?! -- VIZ Media

Children of the Whales, Vol. 19

Author: Abi Umeda
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781974728527
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
In this postapocalyptic fantasy, a sea of sand swallows everything but the past. In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past. Chakuro and the people of the Mud Whale believe they have found a new home, safe from the ravaging effects of thymia and the threat of the empire. But when calamity follows close on their heels and dark omens gather on the green fields of Kivotós, they learn that when you can’t escape fate, your only choice is to face it.

Children of the Whales, Vol. 6

Author: Abi Umeda
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974712915
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
The people of the Mud Whale have been trapped on the floating island since their ancestors were exiled to the Sea of Sand nearly a hundred years ago, yet their prison has mostly felt like a home. But now the true extent of the punishment inflicted on the criminals of Fálaina has come to light, and the cost exacted by their home is immense. -- VIZ Media

Blackwood's Magazine, 1817-25, Volume 6

Author: Nicholas Mason
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000888215
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
Contextualizes and annotates the influential, scandalous, and entertaining texts which appeared in the Blackwood's Magazine between 1817 and 1825. This title features a detailed general introduction, volume introductions and endnotes, providing the reader with an understanding of the origins and early history of Blackwood's Magazine.