Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis HC (2024 Dark Horse) Berger Books comic books

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1st printing. Based on the Opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder Die Tod-Verweigerung by Peter Kien (liberettist) and Viktor Ulmann (composer). Adapted by Dave Maass. Art and cover by Patrick Lay. Character Design by Ezra Rose. Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two prisoners at the Terezín concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed. Set in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead became a technologically advanced tyranny, the power-mad buffoonish Emperor declares all-out war-everyone against everyone. Death goes on a labor strike, creating a hellscape where everyone fights, but no one dies. Can the spirit of Life stop this terror with the power of love? Includes designs from the original opera, historical essays, photographs, and more. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.