Authors: Jean-Charles Kraehn & Stefano Carloni
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 72 colour pages
Publication: August 2024
ISBN: 9781800441415
£12.99 inc. VAT
https://www.cinebook.co.uk/redbeard-mami-wata-p-4559.html
Redbeard is in Tortuga, once a free haven for pirates, now a French colony. Here he hopes to find his old nemesis Morgan’s hidden treasure. His only clue is a name – Mami Wata. But Mami Wata is a Vodou goddess, the Mother of Waters. The Europeans on the island know nothing of her, and the slaves, who worship and fear her, won’t talk. The pirate captain is forced to look for the goddess’s priest … but can he trust him?
I have mentioned before that I read the original Red Beard comic in Germany where it was published by Bastei as Der Roter Korsair. Sadly I only have one copy of that series now but it was enjoyable. When I heard about the newer version I had reservations. Then I read them.
These have been well written and superbly drawn and coloured. Each book has so far surprised me and this one is keeping that surprise element alive. It has everything you could want from a pirate adventure including the supernatural and even a giant man eating conger eel and the end..... ah. Nice touch.
The first series by Cinebook appeared in 2013 so you can have the fun of reading the lot from the very start and all available to buy from the Cinebook website!
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