Javier, now a fugitive from the law, believes it's wise to keep a low profile for a while. However, a group of stranded Angels has other plans for him. With Demons, Angels, Monsters, and Men all hunting the Gunslinger, he finds himself cornered, outmatched, and devoid of ammunition. Faced with overwhelming odds, he realizes he has only one desperate option left. Additional features include a gallery of covers and artwork from behind the scenes. Collects GUNSLINGER SPAWN #37-42

After four years of survival in a remote and hostile land, exiled prince Ronan has been hardened by loss and struggle. Now he wages a secret war against those who would kill for scales and glory. Caught between two worlds and with a target on his back, Ronan must discover what it truly takes to end the bloodshed and become a true prophet of the faith. Will this be his chance to finally become the hero he has always dreamed of? Or just another costly failure to haunt his dreams?

Every prophet must choose what they are willing to burn to light the way.Ronan's journey from prince to fallen prophet has led him to the edge of the impossible. To end the ancient bloodshed between dragons and the Starka, he must stand before those whose blood stains his fingers and offer them the power to destroy him. Transformation demands more than faith, and sometimes more than self. When the choices we make cannot be undone, what is left but to accept the weight, and shoulder ...

Alan Thurston was an immunologist at Midwestern University Medical School. Like most men in the teaching trade, he also had a research project. If it worked out, he'd be one of the great names in medicine; like Jenner, Pasteur, and Salk. But it didn't work. Quite the opposite . . . he created a disease the ravaged the human race. This special illustrated edition now includes original drawings from Barberis. "We call it Thurston's Disease for two perfectly good reasons," Dr. Walter Kramer s...

LONGLISTED FOR THE PRIX GONCOURT AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA 'I was in the melancholy state of mind that often comes over me when I go to see my sister, and I think I started by getting a little lost . . .' It's a Sunday in early September and a woman leaves muggy Paris to visit her sister in the western suburbs of the city. Ville-d'Avray is less than an hour away, but it seems like another world with its secluded streets and set-back houses. The sisters' relationship is ambiguous....

The Gunslinger learns that a former enemy is still alive and is eager to find out more about his rival's activities. Removing another name from his list, not realizing that the law is closing in on him, he tries to flee from the police, and the roof of his motel falls in and traps him under the rubble. After this incident, he slips into a coma, overwhelmed by memories from his past. Additional features include a gallery of covers and artwork from behind the scenes. Collects GUNSLINGER SPAW...

SPAWN fights to save his soul and must find an enemy who holds "THE SECRET." SINN threatens to destroy everything unless he unlocks the DEAD ZONES. As the war intensifies, JIM DOWNING joins Spawn's crusade. A Hellspawn warns of the consequences of tampering with time. In the ongoing battle between Heaven and Hell, Spawn is determined to protect his loved ones at any cost. With new allies and enemies, he's prepared for any challenge.Collects SPAWN #324-330

Crown Prince Ronan has grown up in the shadow of a dragon-bound hero — his father, the man who saved a kingdom. But greatness isn't inherited. It must be earned.When Ronan is denied the sacred honor of bonding with a dragon — a mark that once crowned his father a prophet — he defies that judgment. He steals a dragon's egg and flees across the sea, chasing his own legend and forsaking the legacy he was born into.Alone and untested, Ronan must survive a world that no...

Part one of BATTLE FOR THE THRONE! Jim Downing and Nyx's attack on Spawn had mixed results, with Nyx controlling half the Dead Zones while Spawn holds the other half. Meanwhile, Spawn and Haunt infiltrate Heaven to find a cure for Haunt's poison, leading them to Heaven's science labs, only to discover Heaven's dubious plans to take the war to Hell. Collects SPAWN #338-343

Gunslinger GOES TO HELL! Instead of seeking revenge, he is asked for help by an unexpected adversary, and accepts the challenge to defeat SINN, an unbeatable man, and gets caught up in the dangerous race for the Throne of Hell, which might offer him a means to return home. In the aftermath of SPAWN #350, danger looms for everyone, and Gunslinger, wounded and fleeing, finds assistance from an unlikely source. Collects GUNSLINGER SPAWN Issues #25-30

The Emperor of Perinthia rules with an iron fist. Young boys are torn from their families at just ten years old, forced into military conscription. Soldiers are forbidden from marrying, while only the Emperor's loyal officers and nobility are permitted wives. Beliefs outside the greatness of the throne have been brutally crushed - temples burned, devotees killed or enslaved. Yet a glimmer of hope persists in secret.Roshin grew up an orphan on the docks of the southern port city of ...

How do people deal with diversity in deprived and mixed urban neighbourhoods? This edited collection provides a comparative international perspective on superdiversity in cities, with explicit attention given to social inequality and social exclusion on a neighbourhood level.Although public discourses on urban diversity are often negative, this book focuses on how residents actively and creatively come and live together through micro-level interactions. By deliberately taking an in...