Lucas Blogs About The Golden Age, Book 1
Oooh, the cherry trees are in bloom. So, what's this book's deal? The deal with The Golden Age, Book 1 is that it's a comic book by Roxanne Moreil and Cyril Pedrosa (translated from French by Montana Kane). It's got sort of a historical fiction vibe with a few fantasy elements. It follows Princess Tilda who is about ascend the throne when her mother and the regent stage a coup to install her kid brother instead. With the help of Lord Tankred and her childhood friend Bertil, Tilda is able to make her escape but is wounded by an arrow while being chased through the woods. She and her companions are able to briefly take refuge in a commune of women hidden away in the forest. These women try to live in accordance with the egalitarian ideals of a rare book detailing a fabled— Golden age? No points for guessing. Anyway, these women also have another visitor, Frida, who is translating the book and smuggling the translation out to fuel a peasant uprising. After a disturbance...