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 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.