Carthago Vol 2: Origins, Hardcover

In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone.

Twelve years have passed since Lou Melville and her mother discovered the ruins of an ancient underwater city with billionaire Feiersinger. Now the heiress to his fortune, Lou is leading a scientific expedition researching the megalodon. It's clear the young woman has not lost her taste for exploration...but she is still unaware of her origins.

Christophe Bec is a writer and artist. Born in France, he spent the first few months of his life in Morocco due to his parent's work. Attracted to comics from an early age, he began his career by producing fanzines, one of which earned a Best Fanzine nomination at Angoul me Comics Festival. He joined the Comics School of Angoul me the next year. Known for the art behind Absolute Zero, Sanctum and Prometheus, he is also the author of Pandemonium, Shadows of Salamanca and Carthago. Sanctum earned him nominations for Best Comic Album at both the Cognac Detective Film Festival and the Jules Vernes Film Festival. He also won the Uderzo Prize for his series Lent. Art by Ennio Bufi