Entrate in un mondo che si sta riprendendo da una brutale guerra civile, dove gli un tempo potenti super-soldati noti come Incarnati lottano per trovare il loro posto in una pace fragile. Queste creature mostruose affrontano lo sterminio da parte di Cacciatori di Bestie incaricati di eliminarli. Seguite una giovane donna nella sua ricerca di risposte sulla morte di suo padre, un soldato Incarnato, mentre scopre oscure verità e complessità morali che circondano la loro esistenza. Questa è una narrazione cruda di sopravvivenza, identità e le cicatrici durature del conflitto.
During a protacted civil war that pitted the North against the South, the outnumbered Northerners used dark magic to create monsterous super-soldiers called Incarnates. Now that the war has ended, those Sacred Beasts must learn to make their way in a peaceful society, or face death at the hands of a Beast Hunter. Nancy Schaal Bancroft, the daughter of an Incarnate, turns to hunting the hunter herself. But once she catches up with her quarry, she discovers hard truths about the lives of these Sacred Beasts.
Soldaten aus falschen Göttern – diese Krieger waren einst Menschen, doch durch verbotene Praktiken der dunklen Magie wurden sie zu künstlich geschaffenen Fabelwesen – zu Superkriegern mit Kräften den Göttern gleich.
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Die Menschen litten unter einem Bürgerkrieg. Mit verbotenen Praktiken kreierten sie Krieger, die sie »falsche Götter« nannten. Dank dieser Armee kam der Frieden wieder ins Land zurück und sie wurden als Retter der Menschheit verehrt. Doch irgendwann fürchteten sich die Menschen vor den übernatürlichen Kräften, die die Seelen der Götter nach und nach verdarben. Nach mehreren Jahren Bürgerkrieg wurden sie von den Menschen nur noch »Beasts« genannt. Der Beast Hunter Hank reist durchs Land, um die falschen Götter zu töten. Nancy Charl Bancroft ist ein junges Mädchen, dessen Vater eines der Wesen war, die nun gefürchtet werden. Sie folgt Hank, um den wahren Grund herauszufinden, warum dieser ihren Vater getötet hat.
Ein düsteres Horror-Action-Spektakel, perfekt für Fans von „Attack on Titan“ und „Promised Neverland“.
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"Schaal and Hank travel to Whitechurch, where Hank hopes to find Cain Madhouse, the man who 'loosed the Beasts upon the world.' As Hank reveals his complicated relationship with Cain, the journeying duo stumble across a second Beast lurking in Whitechurch that is wreaking havoc among the city's slums out of a twisted sense of justice ..."--Back cover.
"One year after the incident at Whitechurch, Cain Madhouse leads a band of Incarnates and rouses disgruntled citizens to create a rebel nation called New Patria. Schall returns to Rivulet Wood to pay her respects to her father's grave. A new military unit whose sole mission is to wipe out the remaining Incarnates hunts for Hank, who has gone to ground while on his own mission to put his former Incarnate subordinates to peace."--Amazon.
Schaal travels with Liza and Coup de Grace, as she searches for the missing Hank. But along the journey, Major Claude announces that Hank is the next target for extermination by his corps. Meanwhile, Hank is locked in a battle to the death with his former subordinate, the Incarnate Garmr, who urges Hank to give up his human form entirely so they can fight each other as true Beasts...
Hank has decided to team up with Claude’s Incarnate extermination unit, Coup de Grace, for the time being. Their next target is Centaurus, guardian of the fortress at Bold Creek, whose regenerative abilities make him nigh immortal. And there have been rumors that Claude’s brother (and Hank’s sworn enemy) Cain Madhouse is at the fortress... Hank’s original goal is to defeat Centaurus, but he ends up working with the government forces to capture the fortress at Bold Creek. In the final moments of battle, a devastating new weapon is deployed...
From the editors behind Attack on Titan and Flowers of Evil comes a new action fantasy title that combines western mythology and supernatural beings with imagery of the American Wild West. Full of action and mythos that are all familiar to fantasy novel readers and role-playing gamers alike, Sacred Beasts is the next in the line of narrative based fantasy hits to come out of Japan. The Incarnate Centaurus was felled, but with a most unsavory method. The fort at Bold Creek was captured, but the townsfolk nearby suffer an unimaginable fate, and the occupying forces are faced with a terrible choice. Meanwhile, Hank and Schaal, after deserting from the army, come across a small logging village, totally deserted except for a kindly ex-soldier who has forgotten his role in the war. And Cain Madhouse is conducting some dark experiments of his own…
“Over and over our bodies were transformed. Back and forth between human and beast… Bodies and spirits alike shattered… Only the ones who retained their human forms and minds until the end were dubbed Incarnates…” Hank travels back to École, the place where the Incarnates were made, along with Liza and Schaal. There they encounter old phantoms that invite them back into the past...
From the editors behind Attack on Titan and Flowers of Evil comes a new action fantasy title that combines western mythology and supernatural beings with imagery of the American Wild West. Schaal passes out after she hears the Voice of God at the Incarnate research facility École. Hank stays at her bedside until she wakes up. There was once another woman who similarly heard the Voice of God—the genius who created the Incarnates, Elaine. When Schaal asks Hank about his relationship with Elaine, Hank resolves to tell her the truth, and the story shifts into his past with Elaine...
As their happy time as students of the Church comes to an end, Hank, Cain and Elaine start out on separate paths. Elaine struggles with doubts regarding her lonely research into somnium. To add fuel to the fire, she received word from Hank that he will be deployed to the front lines. As the war intensifies, the “voice of God” ceaselessly beckons. What future lies ahead for both Hank and Elaine?
Now an anime series! Hank and Schaal arrive at the small mining town of Coalwalls, situated within the borders of New Patria. Cain has made the town a Divine Protectorate under the aegis of the Incarnate Griffin, whom Hank has come to kill. But once in Coalwalls they encounter Faun, daughter of the former mine owner and leader of a gang of roughnecks who are fighting to take back what New Patria has stolen from them. This is a hard place, where no one can live on kindness alone... How far will Faun go to regain what was taken from her? And will she side with the man who has come to kill the Incarnate Griffin—who was once her father, Francis Wells?
Intent on stopping Cain Madhouse, Hank and Schaal continue their journey toward New Patria. Along the way, however, they have an unexpected meeting with Arachne. She claims to be acting alone, but her message raises more questions than it answers... Meanwhile, Cain has a reunion with the one man who knows the truth behind the Incarnate project. He holds the key to the Incarnate creation process, which has remained stubbornly beyond Cain's grasp. What are Cain's true ambitions? And are Hank's goals really so different? Those whose fates were upended by the Incarnate project assemble in New Patria for a bloody showdown...
