Yna Boulangé

A slice of life, between night and day—the life of Ambroise and Lise. Leaving their small country cottage in the middle of the night, they head toward the city. Their daily routine unfolds, unswerving. Yet, along the long boulevard leading to the Floralies market in Fort-de-France, a few unexpected encounters serve as a reminder that the world is in motion.

In the future the Empire of Mortemonde has enslaved almost all nations on Earth. Each month everyone is forced to play the virtual reality computer game Battledream. Only those who reach a score of 1000 points are allowed to live one more month. And on top of that you can also really die in the game. Impenetrable firewalls make sure that nobody can cheat or break the codes. Syanna Meridian, a fearless young slave, decides to fight this inhuman system, together with her devoted friend Alytha Mercuri. There’s only one free nation left on the planet, Sablereve, but its leaders prefer to run rather than to fight. It’s up to Syanna to convince them to join her, but to achieve that she has to win one final game against the best players of Mortemonde, Isaac Ravengorn and Alexander Torquemada.

A young Parisian perfume creator discovers lost roots, danger and romance on the paradisiac island of Martinique.