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Blue Fox Publishing Monuments A Branching Narrative
Monuments collects three interactive fiction adventures.Quest 1: The Watchtower - The tower is high, though it looked higher before you scaled the rock-face which supports it. You have been chosen for your skills, and you must not fail.Quest 2: Vents! - You wake with a start, confused by all the noise. There are at least two different alarms blaring, and you can hear people moving around on the spaceship. Clearly, this was not the best space faring vessel to stowaway on.Quest 3: Entombed - You awake and everything is dark. The ground beneath you is cold and hard, and when you turn your hands over and press your fingers into it, it feels like stone. Not only, that, but your elbows scrape against more stone either side of you, and the air, well, there''s nothing fresh about it.All you need to play is a pencil and two six-sided die.
£10.00
Image Comics Antarctica Volume 2 Ghosts of Christmas
Antarctica is a unique blend of Stargate and Philip Pullman''s His Dark Materials, with an emotionally driven story that is sure to captivate readers.Following the events of volume one we return to a happier time in Hannah’s past. Dr. Hannah Curtis is seven years old and loves her father. With her sister away, she goes to bed dreaming of the presents she will open in the morning, little realizing the events about to unfold. But Hannah''s resourceful and has help on the inside, and when she discovers what''s truly happening, she runs to the only place she''s told not to, into the Fracture itself. Collects ANTARCTICA #6-#10
£17.99
Blue Fox Publishing Sparks and the Fallen Star
The stars are going out. Night never ends and while others only wonder, Sparks, the bravest little robot, sets out to discover the reason why. Lyndon White's 'Sparks and the Fallen Star' tells the tale of Sparks, who sets off to discover why the stars are going out, and teams up with an otter who has caught one of the stars. Together, they brave the perilous would, and the even more perilous bird who will stop at nothing to claim all of the stars in the sky. Exciting, enchanting and uplifting, this is a beautiful tale of friendship and overcoming the dark.
£31.17
Image Comics Antarctica Volume 1
Stargate meets His Dark Materials in a new non-stop sci-fi action blockbuster! Hannah’s life imploded the day her father failed to return from the secretive Smith-Petersen Research Station in Antarctica. Alone and on the street, she’s at her lowest ebb when a friend offers help. Retrained as an engineer, Hannah secures a job at the same Antarctic station to search for her father, and stumbles headfirst into a conspiracy that threatens everything she’s ever believed. Collects Antarctica #1-5
£16.19
Blue Fox Publishing Gone
Gone is our popular sci-fi mystery comic, about the AssistA robot, who wakes on board a vessel that should be home to thousands of crew, but is, in fact, desolate. Confused and alone, the AssistA sets off to find out where everyone has gone to. Along the way he starts receiving interference in the forms of memories from one of the crew members, from before everyone disappeared. But can AssistA trust these memories, and is it, in fact, as alone as it thinks it is?
£20.53
Blue Fox Publishing Arcane Rites: Cult of the Pajoli
Venture into the caves of the Pajoli to rescue Obishaa, ward to the Lightbringer Derilion. Every decision could lead one step closer to victory or death. Fight fierce monsters, trade with unscrupulous merchants and help the entrapped to ensure freedom. Cult of the Pajoli is book one in the Arcane Rites saga, where you control every action of Derilion the Lightbringer. With nothing but her wits, her weapons and her flaming shield, navigate the caves and outwit the foes to rescue Obishaa and live to fight another day.
£9.99
Blue Fox Publishing Robyn Volume One: No One Above Another
Robyn is not the tale you know. It's characters are familiar and yet their roles are different. Abandoned as a child, Robyn sought solace in the forest, and raised herself in this harsh environment. She learned to trust no-one, especially not Tuck, as she lives from dawn to dusk in the shadows of Sherwood. Now, however, something is beginning, and it's something she cannot defeat alone. In this first arc of Robyn, we meet a band of people she must learn to protect, or face losing everything.
£15.00
Blue Fox Publishing Sinners: Volume 1
This morning, Hope Martinez woke up dead in a derelict apartment. To make matters worse, Danny, her on-off boyfriend, and the only person she comes close to trusting, lies murdered in the hallway outside. Shocked and confused, Hope runs, but only as far as the mysterious limousine parked outside the building. Sheltering inside from the cops, the chauffeur tells her the limo is now hers, and she must now go wherever the GPS tells her to collect the sinners. Before she can find out anything else, the chauffeur opens the trunk and gets sucked in, in a blinding flash of light. Now Hope is alone, with the limo, the GPS, and the whole of the US in front of her...
£15.00
Blue Fox Publishing Innsmouth: The Stolen Child
Innsmouth is a dark and shadowed town, full of secrets and danger. You play a private investigator, asked to find a child kidnapped by the townsfolk. But beware, the residents aren’t quite what you expect! It’s up to you to navigate the town whilst trying not to be seen; the higher your conspicuousness, the more likely you are to come face to face with the enemy. You must use your experience, stealth, power, speed, and perception to help you successfully navigate the many locations and people within. Not all are enemies, and it is up to you to choose who to trust and who to fight.
£9.99
Image Comics Stairway Anthology
Genetic manipulation, paradox, alternative histories and much more are included in this 128 page anthology of hard science fiction and genre stories! From some of the best up-in-coming talent in comics comes a mind bending look at what makes us human.
£12.59
