{"product_id":"death-strikes-the-emperor-of-atlantis-9781506737300","title":"Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis","description":"\u003cb\u003eMixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, \u003ci\u003eDeath Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two prisoners at the Terezín concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead became a technologically advanced tyranny, the power-mad buffoonish Emperor declares all-out war--everyone against everyone. Death goes on a labor strike, creating a hellscape where everyone fights, but no one dies. Can the spirit of Life stop this terror with the power of love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes designs from the original opera, historical essays, photographs, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is beautiful and strange, both for what it is and what it isn't. As a story it's fascinating and excellently told, as an artifact it's heartbreaking and affecting. More than a footnote in Holocaust literature or a lost libretto given visual shape, it's a reminder of what art is for, and how it saves and shapes us when everything else is gone.\"--Neil Gaiman \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506737300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Dave Maass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43361488830645,"sku":"9781506737300","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9c8f93e1-1fc7-4d1f-9a31-4db02822006d.jpg?v=1701190885","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/death-strikes-the-emperor-of-atlantis-9781506737300","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}