Illustrated by Bilquis Evely, colored by Matheus Lopes, letters by Clayton Cowles
Helen Cole is a rebellious young girl who recently lost her father, a famous pulp fiction writer, and has decided to lose herself to the inside of a liquor bottle. But Helen's grandfather sends a governess to fetch her and bring her back to the sprawling estates of Wyndhorn. Instead of conforming to the ways of a dutiful granddaughter, Helen discovers the wine cellar. But soon, Helen realizes that the adventures and larger-than-life character that made C. K. Cole famous may have been inspired by the mysterious grounds surrounding Wyndhorn and the looming figure of her very own grandfather.
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Adapted by Gou Tanabe
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12, Adult Publisher: Dark Horse Publication Date: Dec 23, 2025 ISBN: 9781506746340 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Horror, Adaptations, Science Fiction, Dark Horse 
Illustrated by Goseki Kojima
Booklist starred review Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Adult Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Publication Date: Dec 9, 2025 ISBN: 9781506747613 (Hardcover) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Action Adventure, Historical Fiction, Dark Horse 
Newly departed souls must make a perilous journey through purgatory, but if they have sustenance for their long, forty day journey, they won’t fade along the way in the harshness of purgatory. One way loved ones can help is by purchasing purgatory cakes from a specialized bakery. These cakes take special ingredients and infuse memories from the living, and they are delicately baked with the utmost care by a skilled and kind baker with some otherworldly powers. Each chapter is a visit into these memories as the client purchases their specialized cake for their departed one.
Charles-Henri Sanson is destined to become the fourth in a line of prestigious executioners, the Monsieur de Paris, but his commitment to justice and kind soul is constantly at odds with his family's cruel line of work. As he enters into his fourteenth year, Henri begins apprenticing with his father, Charles-Jean-Baptiste, and becomes responsible for his first execution. Jean-Baptiste instructs his son on the proper use of his sword to cleanly sever the head in one swing so as to not cause undue suffering to the condemned. Henri nearly gives himself up to become a monk until a fateful night when he instead decides to bear his father's mantel and let the Sanson name die with him.
 Vol 5: A Place Like Home, ills by Drew Zucker, colored by Vittorio Astone
Booklist starred review Sara's Rating: 10/10 Suitability Level: Grades 5-12 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Publication Date: April 29, 2025 ISBN: 9781506742762 (Hardcover) Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Comicbooks, Fantasy, Dark Horse 
Adapted by Gou Tanabe
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Adult Publisher: Dark Horse Manga Publication Date: October 15, 2024 ISBN: 9781506741406 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Horror, Adaptations, Science Fiction, Dark Horse 
Vol 3: Tales of the Unnamed World, ills by Drew Zucker, Sebastian Piriz, Jorge Corona, Shawn Daley, colored by Vittorio Astone
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 5-12 Publisher: Dark Horse Comcis Publication Date: July 30, 2024 ISBN: 9781506743646 (Hardcover) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Comicbooks, Fantasy, Dark Horse 
Vol 4: Lionhearted, ills by Drew Zucker, colored by Vittorio Astone
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 5-12 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Publication Date: August 27, 2024 ISBN: 9781506743653 (Hardcover) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Comicbooks, Fantasy, Dark Horse 
Vol 1: If I Only had a Heart, ills by Drew Zucker, colored by Vittorio Astone
Booklist starred review Sara's Rating: 10/10 Suitability Level: Grades 5-12 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Publication Date: June 18, 2024 ISBN: 9781506743622 (Hardcover) Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Comicbooks, Fantasy, Dark Horse |
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