Issak
English
220 pages
1: Issak 1
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Anno Domini 1620. Europe is riven with the conflagrations that will grow into the Thirty Years War. Catholic and Protestant forces clash across battlefields ruled by sword and gunpowder alike, and mercenaries of every stripe ply their trade. Among them is Issak, a lone Japanese warrior bearing a matchlock of strange design, and fighting in service to his sworn mission-to find and kill the man who murdered his master and fled Japan for the other side of the world. Meticulously researched and gorgeously illustrated, Issak is the next character-driven, historical action epic that fans of Vinland Saga can sink their teeth into.
204 pages
2: Issak 2
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Issak’s skill with his matchlock gun has bought Prince Heinrich and the defenders of Fuchsburg Castle precious time. But while the immediate threat of Spinola’s mercenaries has been stayed, the full might of the Spanish Army is but a few days’ march away. 15,000 strong and led by the Crown Prince himself, the massive force will confront them with an impossible choice—try to hold out against overwhelming odds within the castle walls, or strike out and risk everything in a daring gambit beyond them.
195 pages
3: Issak 3
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Issak and Prince Heinrich’s gambit may have worked, but the reprieve is short-lived. Crown Prince Alfonso’s mercenary forces, led by an Ambrogio Spinola seemingly back from the dead, have issued an ultimatum to the nearby city of Rosenheim: cut off all resupply to Castle Fuchsburg—dooming it for certain—or be destroyed. Leaving his men to defend Fuchsburg, Prince Heinrich and Issak travel to Rosenheim to lead its small garrison as the city braces for a siege. There, Issak must survive a bracing encounter with his past.
204 pages
4: Issak 4
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Rosenheim remains under siege from Spinola’s mercenaries and Lorenzo’s withering pinpoint fire. Prince Heinrich leads the depleted garrison in a tenacious defense of the city walls, but with Issak still recovering from his wounds and unable to answer Lorenzo’s gunfire with his own, they are quickly getting whittled down. After another day of fighting exacts a heavy toll, the writing is on the wall—it is only a matter of time before the city falls, and they have hours, not days. If they are to have any hope of surviving their greatest trial yet, it will take every ounce of strength, courage and ingenuity that they have.
192 pages
5: Issak 5
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Through a bold plan and sheer tenacity, Issak and the defenders of Rosenheim managed to hold out long enough for reinforcements to arrive. But there are sacrifices; among the many felled is the loyal Captain Bormann. Unbeknownst to them, the Spanish have also suffered a great loss—Lorenzo has murdered the crown prince and is lost in the wind, leaving their forces in disarray. When Prince Heinrich is ambushed by Spinola's forces on his return to Castle Fuchsburg, Issak races to rescue him. But when he finds him with Lorenzo's gun trained on his chest, he must make a choice—give up his master's gun and his chance at revenge to save Heinrich's life, or forfeit both of their lives in order to exact the vengeance he has sworn.
192 pages
6: Issak 6
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With the Bavarian Catholic forces hot on their heels, Issak and his allies take temporary refuge in Castle Clarenstein, where they must contend with two devastating losses—Heinrich’s brother, the Elector Palatine himself, is reported missing after his army was routed in battle, and Zetta’s grandfather Hans, weakened by illness and old age, passes away. As his final wish, Hans asks Issak to protect and look after Zetta, and Issak swears that he will. But the promise will be hard to keep—with the enemy closing in, the group must undertake a perilous journey through hostile territory if they are to reach safe haven.
190 pages
7: Issak 7
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After barely rescuing Zetta from a witch-burning mob, Issak and the party make haste for the safety of Mergentheim, headquarters of the Teutonic Order of knights. They hope to secure safe passage out of hostile territory with the brotherhood, and to continue their search for Heinrich’s missing brother. But when they arrive, they find the fortress curiously abandoned and the gate battered off its hinges. Before they can make sense of the situation, they come under attack from an unfamiliar foe and are forced to retreat inside, knowing full well they are falling further into a trap.
190 pages
8: Issak 8
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When Issak and Prince Heinrich finally locate Elector Palatine Frederick V with the remnants of his shattered army, they find him a broken man. Retreating into his faith and insisting on fervent prayer over sensible military strategy, his men have lost confidence in him and ask Heinrich to lead them in battle instead. Issak and Heinrich depart with the army to confront the enemy, while Zetta stays back to watch over Frederick V. She accompanies him when he insists on consulting a theologian in a nearby town, traveling in disguise to avoid attracting attention. But ill news involving Prince Heinrich and Issak soon reaches them on the road...
188 pages
9: Issak 9
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Caught in Wallenstein’s brilliantly laid trap, the protestant army is destroyed. Issak barely escapes the carnage, but not before he loses his master’s gun to Lorenzo. Demoralized and believing his allies to be dead, he’s surprised to come across Elisabeth and Claus outside of town. When he learns from them that Prince Heinrich survived the rout and is being held prisoner by Wallenstein, they quickly hatch a plan to rescue him. But it will take more than a clever ruse to outmaneuver the cunning tactician and his ruthless army…
196 pages
10: Issak 10
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In hopes of finding Lorenzo and his master’s guns, Issak and Zetta head for the Dutch city of Leiden, home to a skilled Japanese translator. If Lorenzo is to make more of his master's guns, he will need to have his instructions translated for the local smiths, and Issak intends to be there when he comes calling. But while sheltering from the rain on the outskirts of the city, they hear an ominous story about the arrival of a mysterious stranger some weeks back—a stranger with one leg, and two guns strapped to his back…
196 pages
11: Issak 11
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Pinned down in the fortress of Jülich by Lorenzo and his vanguard of elite marksmen, Issak and his Dutch allies can do little but wait for the Spanish army to arrive and crush them. Spurred by Zetta’s prediction of a moonless night, they embark on a desperate gambit to construct forward fortifications under the cover of darkness. But with the work proceeding slowly and the approaching dawn certain to leave them sitting ducks, Issak decides to roll the dice—racing forward at first light under a withering curtain of Dutch covering fire, he soon finds himself face to face with Lorenzo…
195 pages
12: Issak 12
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After Issak puts a bullet through the eye of Spinola’s gunnery commander, the Spanish cannons stop finding their mark. The defenders are elated, but their reprieve is a short-lived one. Spinola dramatically increases the length and ferocity of the cannonade in response—accuracy be damned. Under the relentless barrage that grinds on from dawn till dusk, it’s only a matter of time before the fortress walls are pulverized into dust…that is, if the minds of the men within them don’t go first. With their options rapidly dwindling, Issak decides to take drastic action.
196 pages
13: Issak 13
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With the Spanish siege of Breda underway, the fate of the Dutch defenders—and the whole war—hinges on keeping their supply lines open. Determined to aid their allies, Issak and Prince Heinrich set their eyes on the pivotal river fortress of Heusden, from which the ruthless Dread Viscount is slowly choking off the Dutch canal network. But when they come face to face with him and his pitiless men, hardened in their campaigns on the eastern frontier, the two quickly find themselves outmaneuvered and outmatched by their vicious and unconventional tactics.
