Les Chroniques infernales (The Infernal Chronicles)
Rochon possesses a kind of democracy of the
mind
that makes her work an ode to difference and transformation.
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that makes her work an ode to difference and transformation. Lettres québécoises |
Discover
the impassioning article written by Esther Rochon on the genesis
of the Chronicles infernales
| Discover the impassioning article written by Esther Rochon on the genesis of the Chronicles infernales |
Lame : Les Chroniques infernales -1 (Lame)
Illustration : Jacques LamontagneLame doesn't know how
long she's been rotting in this soft hell. But one day, Vaste,
the bloodthirsty master of arms of the King of Hells, takes her
away with him. An archetypal macho, he treats her badly, but,
paradoxically, this abuse has the power to make her beautiful.
There is not much beauty there, however. In Arxann, capital of
the multiple hells, Vaste has become the tutor of Prince Rel,
a hermaphrodite, but he is condemned to become a sausage in the
hot hells.
With the support of a good soul, Roxanne, Lame intervenes with
the Judges of Dusk in order to help Vaste as he helped her in
times past...
Esther
Rochon
Lame
243 pages, $12.95
Illustration : Jacques Lamontagne |
Lame doesn't know how
long she's been rotting in this soft hell. But one day, Vaste,
the bloodthirsty master of arms of the King of Hells, takes her
away with him. An archetypal macho, he treats her badly, but,
paradoxically, this abuse has the power to make her beautiful. There is not much beauty there, however. In Arxann, capital of the multiple hells, Vaste has become the tutor of Prince Rel, a hermaphrodite, but he is condemned to become a sausage in the hot hells. With the support of a good soul, Roxanne, Lame intervenes with the Judges of Dusk in order to help Vaste as he helped her in times past... |
| Esther
Rochon Lame 243 pages, $12.95 |
Aboli : Les
Chroniques infernales -2 (Abolition)
Illustration : Sylvain
BellThings are not going
well on the limbo world where cold hells were established after
the old hells were closed. The Sargads, a people of artists and
scientists, have shut themselves up in gigantic tower cities,
refusing to play the role of good souls and relieve the misery
of the wretched damned.
Rel, King of the old hells, fears the worst : the whole
after-life universe is in danger of becoming unstable because
of their refusal, and the consequences would be disastrous for
all future damned.
Rel delegates Lame, his Queen, to find a solution to this thorny
problem. But things are never simple in the infernal realm, and
one reality often hides many others, especially when the enigmatic
Judges of Destiny get involved...
Esther
Rochon
Aboli (Abolition)
231 pages, $12.95
Illustration : Sylvain Bell |
Things are not going
well on the limbo world where cold hells were established after
the old hells were closed. The Sargads, a people of artists and
scientists, have shut themselves up in gigantic tower cities,
refusing to play the role of good souls and relieve the misery
of the wretched damned. Rel, King of the old hells, fears the worst : the whole after-life universe is in danger of becoming unstable because of their refusal, and the consequences would be disastrous for all future damned. Rel delegates Lame, his Queen, to find a solution to this thorny problem. But things are never simple in the infernal realm, and one reality often hides many others, especially when the enigmatic Judges of Destiny get involved... |
| Esther
Rochon Aboli (Abolition) 231 pages, $12.95 |
Ouverture : Les
Chroniques infernales -3 (Opening)
Illustration : Jacques LamontagneIn the eight new hells,
the reform abolishing the ancient customs is well established :
although the damned still suffer their usual torments, they are
now entitled to compassion and to some form of rehabilitation.
Despite this success, King Rel inexorably sinks into melancholy.
Is he still obsessed by the memory of the green door of his childhood,
or that of the mad father he fled from then ?
The opening of a passage leading to an unknown world, a kind
of limbo for the peculiar deceased, allows Rel to go into exile
in order to reflect on his long life. But far from getting better,
he falls gravely ill.
For Lame, who has renewed his relationship with her former lover
and is afraid for his life, his recovery must be linked to an
unfinished painting left by an artist who gave his life to save
his people...
Esther
Rochon
Ouverture (Opening)
236 pages, $12.95
Illustration : Jacques Lamontagne |
In the eight new hells,
the reform abolishing the ancient customs is well established :
although the damned still suffer their usual torments, they are
now entitled to compassion and to some form of rehabilitation. Despite this success, King Rel inexorably sinks into melancholy. Is he still obsessed by the memory of the green door of his childhood, or that of the mad father he fled from then ? The opening of a passage leading to an unknown world, a kind of limbo for the peculiar deceased, allows Rel to go into exile in order to reflect on his long life. But far from getting better, he falls gravely ill. For Lame, who has renewed his relationship with her former lover and is afraid for his life, his recovery must be linked to an unfinished painting left by an artist who gave his life to save his people... |
| Esther
Rochon Ouverture (Opening) 236 pages, $12.95 |
Secrets : Les
Chroniques infernales -4 (Secrets)
Illustration : Guy EnglandIn a majestic ceremonial
hall of the hot hells, a large audience is taking their seats.
Composed of delegations from the eight new hells, many of the
damned, an observer come from the limbos, and even, at certain
times, the enigmatic Judges of Destiny, this throng has come
to hear Rel, their beloved King, before he leaves with Lame,
Fax and Taxiel, for a perilous journey into the land of Vrénalik.
By popular request, Rel has agreed to speak publicly about what
he has always kept under wraps : his childhood, his youth.
The secrets that he is going to unveil will sometimes seem harsh
or moving, sometimes funny or appalling. But beyond these memories,
his revelations about the approaching end of the world will be
a tremendous shock to his listeners.
Esther
Rochon
Secrets (Secrets)
220 pages, $12.95
Illustration : Guy England |
In a majestic ceremonial
hall of the hot hells, a large audience is taking their seats.
Composed of delegations from the eight new hells, many of the
damned, an observer come from the limbos, and even, at certain
times, the enigmatic Judges of Destiny, this throng has come
to hear Rel, their beloved King, before he leaves with Lame,
Fax and Taxiel, for a perilous journey into the land of Vrénalik. By popular request, Rel has agreed to speak publicly about what he has always kept under wraps : his childhood, his youth. The secrets that he is going to unveil will sometimes seem harsh or moving, sometimes funny or appalling. But beyond these memories, his revelations about the approaching end of the world will be a tremendous shock to his listeners. |
| Esther
Rochon Secrets (Secrets) 220 pages, $12.95 |
Or : Les
Chroniques infernales -5 (Gold)
Illustration : Lamontagne-DuchesneBeyond death and
time, there is a strange place, living and yet infinitely desolate,
where the keen mind, used to moving according to patterns, natural
laws and habits is unsettled. This is the world of the infernal
larvae.
These are the words of the Book of the Daughters of Chann,
and the fate that suddenly befalls Lame, who had barely escaped
this punishment centuries before. But this time, the tormentor
ants have a firm grip on their prey.
Blind, deaf and dumb... and huge, Lame soon despairs of ever
being rescued : no one, even Rel, Fax or Taxiel, who left
the Hells for the land of Vrénalik, is aware of her current
condition.
So as not to sink into madness and to discover the reason for
this punishment, Lame, her mind unsettled but still keen, plunges
into the memories of her previous life in Montreal...
Esther
Rochon
Or (Gold)
265 pages, $12.95
Illustration : Lamontagne-Duchesne |
Beyond death and
time, there is a strange place, living and yet infinitely desolate,
where the keen mind, used to moving according to patterns, natural
laws and habits is unsettled. This is the world of the infernal
larvae. These are the words of the Book of the Daughters of Chann, and the fate that suddenly befalls Lame, who had barely escaped this punishment centuries before. But this time, the tormentor ants have a firm grip on their prey. Blind, deaf and dumb... and huge, Lame soon despairs of ever being rescued : no one, even Rel, Fax or Taxiel, who left the Hells for the land of Vrénalik, is aware of her current condition. So as not to sink into madness and to discover the reason for this punishment, Lame, her mind unsettled but still keen, plunges into the memories of her previous life in Montreal... |
| Esther
Rochon Or (Gold) 265 pages, $12.95 |
Sorbier : Les
Chroniques infernales -6 (Rowan)
Illustration : Bernard DuchesneIn the city of Ougris,
in Vrénalik, Taïm Sutherland reconnects with his
past thanks to Sayadna, the Daughters of Chann's archivist. Farther
to the North, on the Isle of Vrend, Rel, King of all Hells, is
putting the finishing touches to his plans for the end of the
world with Sagard engineers.
But as soon as the judges of destiny come into possession of
the precious plans, they destroy the gate linking Vrénalik
to the hells, which makes any return impossible for Taïm
and Rel. Even worse, the latter is getting dangerously weak,
again due to the strange intrigues of the judges, who this time
are attacking him directly in his very flesh.
Making good use of his ancient memories as JaYenn, Taïm
will find a way to return with Rel to the infernal worlds then,
with Lame, ride the She-Dragon of the dawn so she can take them
where Rel can be saved, where the ultimate truth lays hidden...
Sorbier (Rowan), the stunning conclusion of The Infernal
Chronicles, by Esther Rochon, and also of her very first
critically acclaimed series the world of Vrénalik.
Esther
Rochon
Sorbier (Rowan)
417 pages, $15.95
Illustration : Bernard Duchesne |
In the city of Ougris,
in Vrénalik, Taïm Sutherland reconnects with his
past thanks to Sayadna, the Daughters of Chann's archivist. Farther
to the North, on the Isle of Vrend, Rel, King of all Hells, is
putting the finishing touches to his plans for the end of the
world with Sagard engineers. But as soon as the judges of destiny come into possession of the precious plans, they destroy the gate linking Vrénalik to the hells, which makes any return impossible for Taïm and Rel. Even worse, the latter is getting dangerously weak, again due to the strange intrigues of the judges, who this time are attacking him directly in his very flesh. Making good use of his ancient memories as JaYenn, Taïm will find a way to return with Rel to the infernal worlds then, with Lame, ride the She-Dragon of the dawn so she can take them where Rel can be saved, where the ultimate truth lays hidden... Sorbier (Rowan), the stunning conclusion of The Infernal Chronicles, by Esther Rochon, and also of her very first critically acclaimed series the world of Vrénalik. |
| Esther
Rochon Sorbier (Rowan) 417 pages, $15.95 |
