{"product_id":"9781787744424","title":"Yan Vol.1 by Chang Sheng","description":"Winner of the Golden Comic Award, from traditional Peking Opera to Taiwan in a future where machine's rule, enjoy this action-packed thriller in English for the first time.   From award-winning creator of Oldmen and The Hidden Level, Chang Sheng delivers an opulently detailed supernatural sci-fi story - that defies genres and engrosses readers with stunning artwork.   Winner of the Golden Comics Awards and a standout of Taiwan's rising comics scene, Yan Vol. 1 is a haunting, genre-bending journey from master storyteller Chang Sheng-creator of Oldman and The Hidden Level.   In this stunning first volume, the echoes of Peking Opera performances 30 years past linger in the shadows of a story that begins in tradition and spirals toward a dark, speculative future. The tale unfolds across eras-starting with a tragedy in the richly detailed world of late 20th-century Taiwan, stepping into the present day, and glimmering with the foreboding rise of a dystopian tomorrow.   Declared dead in prison records, Yan Tieh-Hua mysteriously returns to Taipei, reigniting the investigation into a decades-old massacre-her own family's. As she carves a bloody path toward vengeance, Detective Lei is drawn into a chilling spiral of cold cases, supernatural events, and impossible truths. Alongside Yan is Higa Mirai, a young Go prodigy with the uncanny gift of precognition, adding eerie weight to every move made.   With sharp moral tension, brutal action, and a uniquely Taiwanese swagger, Yan is more than a mere quest for revenge-it's a vision of justice that questions what lies beneath our choices, and what might come after humanity loses control.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55206077464949,"sku":"9781787744424","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781787744424_7b66ae0e-e562-4c0d-a806-05c3904c7d46.jpg?v=1748096501","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781787744424","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}