In the late 1920s, Melvin Z. Woodworth is an author with writer's block and a mystery to solve. He takes a vacation to the Swiss Alps to try and kill two birds with one stone-and do some excellent hiking and skiing while he's at it. But the little village, so long slumbering on the wrong side of the Industrial Revolution, is threatened by a force of nature-and, of course, contains secrets of its own. Cosey's masterful graphic novel is presented here in full-color English translation for the first time: an ode to nature, culture, mythology, and a simpler-yet riskier-time

Rated E

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