Asterios the Minotaur - Paperback

by Serge Le Tendre (Author), Fr馘駻ic Peynet (With)

Theseus, prince of Athens, awakens injured and bound inside an unknown hut. Facing him stands his captor - a mighty, bull-headed man! There, at the centre of the labyrinth built by engineer Dedalus for the king of Crete, Minos, Theseus is astonished to discover that the blood-thirsty monster that the legends describe is in fact a rational being named Asterios, who begins to recount the story of his life. Between the young Athenian sacrifice and the feared creature, grudging respect emerges ...

Author Biography

Serge Le Tendre is one of the big names of Bandes Dessin馥s. He took classes from masters such as M騷i鑽es (Valerian & Laureline) and Giraud/Moebius, alongside other stalwarts of the medium as Juillard (Blake & Mortimer) and Loisel, and is the authors of unforgettable series La qu黎e de l'oiseau du temps and Jerome K. Jerome Bloche. Fr馘駻ic Peynet claims Rosinski (Thorgal) as one of his main sources of inspiration; he is the illustrator of several series including Les contes du Korrigan and Le Feul.