Cossé:Metax

The technological and economic success of the city-state of Ronin is based on Metax. For some time now, however, none can be found and reserves are running low. The stability of the kingdom is beginning to waver. The police are investigating the mysterious killing of royal horses and suspect terrorist motives behind the crime. Sabrina, the daughter of Ronin's chief engineer, is a member of a resistance group made up of children. And the king's right-hand man unleashes a power struggle from which no one can escape. "What is Metax? Panacea, commodity, drug? Antoine Cossé leaves his readers in the dark as to what exactly this consumer product is that determines everything that happens in his universe. His graphic novel is also wonderfully unpredictable and remains wonderfully vague: dark dystopia, classic tragedy, zeitgeisty eco-parable and drawing study on movement, architecture, colour and texture. Some pages invite you to linger for minutes and thrive on contrasts, while Cossé speeds up the reading pace to the limit on other stretches. Metax remains surprising until the very last page." Max Schlegel, Splitter Verlag.