Not enough for a Thorgal ...

Absolute fan of the saga, I had hitherto enjoyed the takeover by Sente who brought in my new life to history, including combining the two fields correctly, that of Jolan and that of Thorgal. Each album contained a double story and offered a double suspense, double breath and ultimately great energy. The part Jolan was also the most exciting, I find, although "hero-children" sometimes affect the quality of the dialogues.

Here, this balance is not assured and the least successful storytelling. Some pages Jolan to better launch the next book in my opinion, and focus on Thorgal left in little new original quest for eternal containing the ingredients: heroism, naive (but when Thorgal he will teach ?!), cruelty the world and men, etc. Certainly, the bravery of our heroes continue to move us, but the "saber-boat" is also surprising that a Mediterranean cruise, despite a suspense-shaped end supposed to pack the case. The imaginary breaststroke this album is quite low, it does not generate a fantastic inner world in the reader, it offers a well-made maritime adventure but without dreams or poetry, the two ingredients that make metaphysical lyric force Thorgal. Only drawing and coloring Rosinsky remember that strength.

In the end, this volume is in my opinion worst of Sente. It is probably a transition album that will find more interest in the cycle but which, taken alone, does not satisfy a wait of a year. The "boat-sword" is a good comic but Thorgal demands exceptional.