HUXLEY: The Oracle

The new prequel in the sci-fi universe HUXLEY, this spellbinding visual storybook is a unique vision of a post-apocalyptic future from leading game and film designer Ben Mauro. They dragged humanity from the brink of extinction into a new era serving the glory of the empire as engineered slaves, workers and soldiers. The machines experimented with genetic modifications and cloning to create a more subservient and useful species to suit their needs. The pinnacle of this experimentation were the elite warriors known as Ronin, the height of humanities purpose in this new world, serving the Oracles directly as soldiers, protectors and enforcers for the empire''s army along with maintaining order and judgment in machine city. Humanity had it''s chance, it was time for the machines to have theirs. Not everyone agreed with this new reality however. Unable to give up their freewill, somewhere out beyond the dunes on the scorching desert planet of FURY-7, something lay festering for years below the wastelands. Secrets buried deep below the surface, ancient mysteries once thought lost waiting to be uncovered. If the Oracles had listened closely perhaps they may have heard it, the loud roar of the human spirit unable to die for good...

Product details

• Authors: Ben Mauro, Mauro Ben
• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Distributed Titles
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2025
• EAN: 9780500029473
• ISBN: 978-0-500-02947-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Manga / Science Fiction, Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels (Children's/Ya), Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Science fiction, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions