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.
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.