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.
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.