The Jekyll Island Chronicles

<b>In the shadow of World War I, a thrilling new world rises—a gilded world of miraculous technology, frightening threats, and brave new heroes. Discover this award-winning alternate-history graphic novel trilogy, now collected in a single volume!</b><br><br>The early 20th century is a time of great societal upheaval, technological advancement, and intense political struggle. Some of the most brilliant and horrible minds of the age—wealthy industrialists, amazing inventors, and violent anarchists—collide to create a war between the wars.<br><br>This is the backdrop for the award-winning alternate-history saga known as <i>The Jekyll Island Chronicles.</i><br><br>At the turn of the century, one-sixth of the world’s wealth vacationed in and around the tiny Georgia island of Jekyll. Captains of industry like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, and Carnegie all called the Jekyll area home. <i>The Jekyll Island Chronicles</i> uses this place of grandeur and elegance as a pivotal location in the struggle to preserve the peace fostered by the end of the Great War.<br><br>But an international cabal of anarchists, known internationally as Zeno and led by the infamous Luigi Galleani, seeks to disrupt the new order. Working across the globe, Zeno uses startlingly advanced technologies to seed unrest, taking lives in an effort to force the world back into another bloody conflict.<br><br>Supported by the wealth of Jekyll and the most innovative minds of the early 1900s, a newly formed band of heroes—all wounded veterans of the Great War—stand against the forces of chaos. As rivals race to unlock the secret of Nikola Tesla’s death ray, cities burn, electricity crackles, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.<br><br>Blending bizarre and often forgotten historical fact with heavy doses of alternate history and adventure, <i>The Jekyll Island Chronicles</i> is a captivating graphic novel trilogy for young and old. As classic comic book action comes to life with retro high-tech imagination and the aesthetics of the art deco era, the series vividly captures the period following World War I, injecting real villains, historic characters, original heroes, and exotic locales into an unforgettable narrative. This massive volume collects the entire epic struggle, taking the reader all across the globe and presenting a cavalcade of historic characters, real villains, and original heroes who fight to preserve the peace—from eye-popping beginning to jaw-dropping end.<br><br>Collecting <i>The Jekyll Island Chronicles, Book 1: A Machine Age War, Book 2: A Devil’s Reach, </i>and<i> Book 3: A Last Call</i>.