The 5th of 7 separate 4-issue miniseries in Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers saga that can be read and enjoyed on its own or intersperced with the other Seven Soldiers titles as originally intended, for bigger impact. This volume contains parts 18, 21, 24 & 27 of the 30 total parts to the Seven Soldiers epic.

After an absence of 16 year, in which Lanfeust (and Hebus) only aged 1 year (due to the space travel in Lanfeust of the Stars), our hero returns to Troy. A lot of things have changed eg. women are allowed at the conservatory of EckmГјl. Due to the absence of Nicolede (visting Gold-Azure) another despot rules EckmГјl...