| Even before fully finishing his degree, the brilliant young Roland is offered a job in the Center for Cartography of Sodrovno-Voldachia. He climbs the ladder rapidly. Roland, who must, like his colleagues, live almost like a recluse within the huge centre, meets a mysterious young woman whose body seems covered with strange lines which he can barely perceive.
Soon, the Centre is visited by Marshal Radisic, supreme leader of the country, whose expansionist politics leave little doubt as to the goal: all means will be employed to rebuild the "Great Sodrovnia."
"Architect Schuiten and comics historian Peeters bring ace drafting talent and knowledge of such architectural comics precedents as Winsor McKay's "Little Nemo in Slumberland" to the construction of their Cities of the Fantastic series. Their imaginary world's spaciously oppressive atmosphere comes from the heart of Kafkaesque dread." -Booklist
"Beautiful and intelligent, this is a graphic novel that is sure to fascinate as well as entertain." -Don D'Amassa-Chronicle
"As usual with the work of Schuiten and Peeters, architectonic marvels akin to Piranesi's complement the witty and enigmatic text, producing a world so tangible that you'd swear you could step directly into it from the page." -Asimov Magazine
NBM, hardback, 64 pages, published October 2002
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Writer: Benoît Peeters | Artist: François Schuiten | Publisher: NBM
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