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Book SynopsisParis, end of the 21st Century. Inspector Romane Pennac is the only white woman in her station. The world has suffered devastating wars and ecological disasters, and the old powers of Europe and America are now the third world. Yet it is toward the young woman, now a member of a discriminated-against minority, that a couple of devastated parents turn. A mysterious letter has just announced to them that the body of their daughter, recently deceased in New York, isn't in her coffin...

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Book SynopsisRomane Pennac's niece has been kidnapped in Paris. Her genetic makeup, inherited from the experiments conducted on her mother - and Romane - in her youth, make her a perfect candidate for Algapower's hybridisation experiments. Hell bent on rescuing her and putting an end to the corporation's actions, El Malik and Pennac attempt a daring raid on Algapower's Rio laboratory. But when things go wrong, they'll find some very strange allies indeed...

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Book SynopsisDuring the early days of the colonisation of Aldebaran, the second colony ship is lost in transit with all hands, prompting Earth to abandon the project and strand the first wave of colonists. And yet, not everyone perished with the ship. A small group of survivors find themselves on a shuttle, headed towards an unexplored planet. Faced with the dangers of their new home as well as dissensions within the group, they soon discover they may not be alone - .

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Book SynopsisMark and Kim are sent to Betelgeuse to look for survivors of the spacecraft crash that killed 3,000 people seven years earlier. They do find survivors, among them Tazio Menegaz and Colonel Logan, who tell them the colonisers had been divided over whether the Lums (indigenous creatures) are as intelligent as humans. If they are, the humans would have been forced to abandon their colonising enterprise according to UN laws. Kim decides to investigate for herself.

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Book SynopsisRoger, Romane's brother, has been transferred to an Algapower lab in Brazil. Shortly afterwards, his sister, still working for Intelligence, arrives in Rio. Her new mission: to get in touch with her brother and convince him to inform the authorities on the company and its mysterious Mermaid Project. The stakes have changed for the Pennac siblings, though: among the documents retrieved during the New York mission, their names appear on a list of potential test subjects...

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Book SynopsisNow attached to French intelligence, Romane is training hard with agent El Malik and Delph, a genetically modified Dolphin with extraordinary mental abilities. Their goal: to infiltrate Algapower, the company at the heart of their investigation, and to find clues about its true purpose - in particular the mysterious Mermaid Project. What is the aim of Algapower's genetic research? Time is running short for Romane and her team.

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Book SynopsisA wounded Kim has been rescued by Hector, but they are stuck inside the planet's vast network of caves. Steve and Inge leave the expedition behind to look for them. All of them make their way through multiple, winding tunnels, trying to avoid particularly hostile and dangerous fauna in order to meet up. But the nightmare creatures aren't the only ones down there. A strange technology reveals itself, and the Iums come and go in large flocks. Soon, an alien yet hauntingly familiar sight will put Kim on the track of Betelgeuse's hidden secret.

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Book SynopsisIn this conclusion to the second cycle, Kim, Inge, Mai Lan and Hector have been camping for weeks in the wilds of Betelgeuse's canyons, waiting for Hector's ankle to heal. As they get ready to head back to the settlement, unaware that Alexa and Mark have finally reached the planet and made contact with the colonists, the mantris sends Kim an invitation! What follows is an extraordinary encounter that will decide the future of Betelgeuse and change the course of Kim's life forever.

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Book SynopsisWhat strange secrets is the planet where the survivors landed hiding? The small group of marooned humans, minus a few individuals who left after a difference of opinions, survived one group of aliens, received help from a second, and is now travelling towards what appears to be a town. But their adoptive planet is a truly peculiar place with many surprises in store: a wild and unknown nature, inhabitants with unpredictable attitudes and morals ...and other, even stranger phenomena well beyond their comprehension!

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Book SynopsisRomane and Brahim have reached Algapower's artificial island, with the help of some cetaceans with a quite extraordinary behaviour. All they need to do now is sneak into the laboratories, locate Romane s kidnapped niece, and find a way to escape with her before the corporation s mad scientists transplant a dolphin's tail onto her. Not an easy task, especially as Algapower's found some ruthless allies. But the two agents, too, have some rather unexpected allies - and a revolution is coming...

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Book SynopsisRomane has gone to Brazil, hoping to renew contact with Delphis, her dolphin friend, and find an explanation to the ongoing attacks by sea mammals against human ships and ports. Meanwhile, Brahim and Kruger continue their investigations in Mozambique. But their enemies, the white supremacists who still run Algapower, and their terrorist allies from the American White Army, know they're being hunted, and have no intention of being stopped again. A fight for the future of several species begins... The conclusion to this sequel to Mermaid Project. Ages 12+

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Book SynopsisThe mysterious cube on Aldebaran was destroyed by a terrorist, along with the quantum gate that allowed passage to a new world - stranding Kim and her team on the other side. At least, they did manage to find - and befriend - the intruder who'd kidnapped Marie. Meeting his people, Kim discovers that the planet has recently begun being plagued by strange phenomena. What is the young woman going to find out - and what sort of impact will it have on Humanity's future?

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Book SynopsisThe Worlds of Aldebaran chronicle mankind's often difficult first steps on distant worlds. Full of fantastical alien life, human drama and believable science, it's a saga that will keep you gazing up at the stars in wonder. First volume of the sixth series. After three years of study and training, Marie is now officially a member of the UN Special Forces. But she's barely had time to celebrate her graduation that an extraordinary event forces her to leave for her first mission: an alien ship of unknown origin has just arrived in orbit of Earth. As no contact can be established with its crew, Marie and her team are sent to board the vessel and investigate... Ages 15+

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Book SynopsisA first attempt to enter the world-ship and make contact with the Humans inside has failed after the exploration team was contaminated with deadly nanorobots. Only Marie, with her Mantris-improved body, was able to fight them off, and so she and Kim, who is also immune, make the decision to give it another try... before the authorities of Earth destroy the massive vessel, the robotic menace within... and its mysterious Human passengers.

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Book SynopsisAfter the failure of the Betelgeuse colonisation mission, Kim is back on Earth, where she is an increasingly popular figure. Meanwhile, advance scouts on planet Antares have witnessed some distressingly strange events. Worried about the future of this new mission, the sponsors of the Antares project call upon Kim to accompany the first colonists, offering legal amnesty for Alexa and Mark in exchange. It's the beginning of a new adventure for the young woman and her friends.

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Book SynopsisThe Antares mission is underway. Kim, her daughter and her companions are on board the interstellar ship that carries the would-be colonists. Conditions are far from ideal, though. The fanaticism and bigotry of a large number of the passengers, all members of the project leader's sect, are putting everyone on edge. As well, there are rumours of substandard equipment for the expedition. By the time they reach Antares, Kim and her friends are already disillusioned - and the worst is yet to come.

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Book SynopsisBad luck, shoddy equipment and hostile fauna have stranded Kim and her companions thousands of miles from the Antares expedition's base camp. Abandoned to their fate by the fanatical leaders who cannot abide Kim's independent streak, wracked by internal dissent, the little group must make its way back through an unknown, terrifying land - a long journey that will raise many questions and cost many lives.

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Book SynopsisKim's group, still stranded halfway across Antares, must get back to the base camp through a journey filled with deadly encounters. Meanwhile, at the base camp, a trip to the neighbouring planet - source of the strange ray that vaporised Kim's daughter - is being organised. The prospect of meeting an intelligent species, though, drives the religious fanatics in charge to clamp down on any person or activity deemed rebellious. As if a hostile world isn't enough, the colonists have brought their own worst enemy with them...

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Book SynopsisKim's mission to the other Antares planet - the one from which came the mysterious beam that took her daughter - is underway, and the young woman desperately wants to believe she will find her missing child. One amongst her team has no shortage of faith, though: the insufferable Jedediah Thornton is convinced they are going to meet an advanced alien civilisation. And he will stop at nothing to ensure humanity's representative is a man of proper morals -

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Book SynopsisAs the main body of the Antares expedition faces a catastrophic situation and seems doomed to failure, Kim's little group is still trying to establish contact with whoever kidnapped her daughter Lynn. But the fanatic Jedediah is still there, causing dissension and creating obstacles. Only Kim's strength of character, her determination to find her daughter, and her special bond with the alien Sven – Lynn's father – can still save them all…

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Book SynopsisMarie, Alex, Antac and Selkert have gone through another temporal disturbance after Djamila was captured by bizarre sentient cephalopods. The terrible news comes soon after: they've jumped forward almost a century! Horrified, devastated, they nonetheless launch an assault against the cephalopods' floating village, hoping that the temporal disturbance struck there too. But even if they find Djamila, what of their other companions-not to mention Earth and Aldebaran?

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Book SynopsisThroughout a series of tragic events and temporal distortions, the marooned Humans have scattered, regrouped, lost each other and found each other again. Despite the constant violence and death, Marie and Alex have managed to survive and stay together – and even found themselves accepting a strange blue pill from a mysterious structure in the middle of the ocean. The arrival of an alien, Sven, will present them with a possible escape plan...

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Book SynopsisPaul and Professor Stanford's archaeological expedition is exploring the ruins of Altair in an effort to understand how the people who built them vanished altogether. Protected from various dangers by their deadly guardian angel the Stepanerk, they make some decidedly unexpected discoveries. Until Paul is reminded of his original quest, that is, when a bounty hunter asks for his help tracking down his lost father - who's wanted for murder.

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Book SynopsisPaul has learned that his father died in an accident - then, a few days later, he's seen him pass by in a car, alive and well! Shaken by the discovery, the young man continues his investigation and eventually manages to track him down. Unfortunately, that merely causes him to share in his father's serious troubles... Meanwhile, an increasing number of strange phenomena plague Altair - and awake the interest of the alien Stephanerks...

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Book SynopsisThe Stepanerks, those strange aliens who sometimes mingle with Humans, have contacted another, as yet undiscovered, alien species that has been guarding Altair for centuries. Those guardians want to forcefully evict Humans, who are doing terrible damage to the ecosystem. But Paul, unwitting 'guest' at their meeting, defended Humanity's right to a second chance. It now falls to him to convince the Human colonial authorities to change everyone's behaviour...

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Book SynopsisTrent's superior tasks him with helping a lady who came to the police to report the disappearance of her husband. The sergeant is stunned to discover the woman he is still in love with: Agnes. Her husband is the manager of a railway construction site far to the northwest, and he hasn't been heard from in weeks. Worse, his last letters spoke of a mysterious danger threatening the camp. The pair go to investigate...

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Book SynopsisWhile escorting a prisoner, Trent stops in a very animated small town: the famous Wild Bill Turkey is passing through on his way to his bride. Bill is a legend among gunfighters of the Old West. An aging one, yes, but that doesn't prevent him from coming to the Mountie's help when a group of men try to free his prisoner. A powerful man is behind that attempt, though, and both Trent and Bill suddenly become targets.

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Book SynopsisBeyond the Arctic Circle, in the freezing cold and never-ending night, the Mounties do their duty and try to resist the creeping assaults of madness and depression. One evening,Trent, alone at his remote outpost, hears a call for help. He finds a couple of Natives, dead of exposure, along with ... a very much alive baby! Reluctantly turned into a polar nurse, the sergeant must leave his shelter - unequipped to cater to its new occupant - to find her a new family...

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Book SynopsisIt's the best day of Trent's life: he is finally marrying the beautiful Agnes, after so many years! But there, among the crowd of family and friends cheering the newlyweds, a face from his past casts a pall over his happiness. Other signs eventually confirm it: Miss is back. Helen Dorwell - an alluring and mysterious thief and anarchist... and Trent's former mistress. With her in town, the honeymoon could quickly turn into a nightmare... Ages 12+

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Book SynopsisWhile Agnes is in Europe to visit family, Trent is given a somewhat unusual mission: to escort a woman to her father's home. Mrs Taylor has left her husband - a man that alcohol turns horribly violent - and is now taking their son to safety at his grandfather's - a former senator. Tasked with protecting them, Trent takes a liking to young Jeremy, and begins to dream of his own Little Trent with Agnes - until the father tracks them down...

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Book SynopsisAfter the events on Antares, the first official contact between Humans and the Tsalterian civilisation can take place on Aldebaran. Limited in scope, it is to involve only two groups of scientists studying a mysterious structure of unknown origin - all under the aegis of Kim, the only ambassador the aliens are willing to accept. A situation that's not to everyone's taste on the Human side... But as things threaten to take a wrong turn, Marie, one of the survivors brought to Aldebaran by Sven the Tsalterian, suddenly intervenes...

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Book SynopsisKim's team has travelled through the quantum gate inside the mysterious cube, and begun exploring the planet on the other side, but soon the expedition loses a member: Marie vanishes, abducted by an unknown human. Her teammates will do anything in their power to find her, but they lack resources, and Kim returns to Aldebaran to obtain some. Unfortunately, the political situation on her home planet is quickly deteriorating, and the terrorists are still bent on harming her and her work.

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Book SynopsisTwo years have passed since the events of Mermaid Project, and Romane and Brahim have paid the price of their courage and integrity. Ignored, even censored, by their superiors, they're now reduced to taking lousy private eye jobs to earn a living. Meanwhile, though, the same cetaceans whose advanced intelligence the UN had refused to believe in are attacking fishing trawlers ... with rockets! Before long, the authorities ask our two investigators to take their old jobs back...

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Book SynopsisIn Aldebaran's Worlds, you'll live one of the most fantastic sagas ever written by man. The author tells the story of humanity's first attempts to colonise distant planets. In their travels, Kim and his companions will encounter strange creatures and face the dangers of unknown worlds. They'll witness the destruction caused by the madness of mankind. In the first album, Kim meets Mark, another teenager who has survived the annihilation of their village. Together they set out to find explanations for this terrible catastrophe. This two-volume book includes "The Blonde."

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Book SynopsisWe return to Aldebaran, the planet where the first human colony in the solar system was founded. Mark and Kim, teenagers whose village was annihilated, have met a woman named Alexia during their escape. She is a biologist and a friend of Driss, the man who knows a lot about the catastrophe. Alexia shares Driss' secrets. The government is very interested in her and sends soldiers to pursue her. While trying to help her, Mark is arrested and languishes in prison for 3 years. It's the mysterious Mr. Pad, an odd character Mark has already met, who helps him escape from prison.

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Book SynopsisMark and Kim, who have lost the rest of the group, are left with the wounded Ling-Li. Luckily, Alexa quickly meets up with them, and they're on their way to the sea again. But when the governor and Father Loomis catch up with them, they take them straight to the mantris. In "The Betelgeuse Planet", the second cycle takes the theme of the colonisation of space further than most sci-fi comics by looking at its ecological aspect. Leilah Nakad studies the Lums, and cute animals living on the planet Betelgeuse. Seven years earlier, she led a 3,000-strong group who was to settle on Betelgeuse. But the spaceship is still flying around, lost in space. Driss and Alexa investigate.

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