To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts 11

Intent on stopping Cain Madhouse, Hank and Schaal continue their journey toward New Patria. Along the way, however, they have an unexpected meeting with Arachne. She claims to be acting alone, but her message raises more questions than it answers… Meanwhile, Cain has a reunion with the one man who knows the truth behind the Incarnate project. He holds the key to the Incarnate creation process, which has remained stubbornly beyond Cain’s grasp. What are Cain’s true ambitions? And are Hank’s goals really so different? Those whose fates were upended by the Incarnate project assemble in New Patria for a bloody showdown…

During a protacted civil war that pitted the North against the South, the outnumbered Northerners used dark magic to create monsterous super-soldiers called Incarnates. Now that the war has ended, those Sacred Beasts must learn to make their way in a peaceful society, or face death at the hands of a Beast Hunter. Nancy Schaal Bancroft, the daughter of an Incarnate, turns to hunting the hunter herself. But once she catches up with her quarry, she discovers hard truths about the lives of these Sacred Beasts.

Hank and Schaal arrive at the small mining town of Coalwalls, situated within the borders of New Patria. Cain has made the town a Divine Protectorate under the aegis of the Incarnate Griffin, whom Hank has come to kill. But once in Coalwalls they encounter Faun, daughter of the former mine owner and leader of a gang of roughnecks who are fighting to take back what New Patria has stolen from them. This is a hard place, where no one can live on kindness alone ... How far will Faun go to regain what was taken from her? And will she side with the man who has come to kill the Incarnate Griffin—who was once her father, Francis Wells?

Schaal and Hnk travel to Whitechurch, where Hank hopes to find Cain Madhouse, the man who "loosed the Beasts upon the world." As Hank reveals his complicated relationship with Cain, the journeying duo stumble across a second Beast lurking in Whitechurch that is wreaking havoc among the city's slums out of a twisted sense of justice...

Hank et Charlotte font route vers le Nouveau Patria afin de contrer les plans de Kane. C’est alors qu’Arachné apparaît devant eux. D’ordinaire inséparable de Kane la voici seule face à eux. Que cherche-t-elle ? De son côté, Kane parvient à retrouver une personne clé du projet des divins mimétiques qui connaîtrait l’élément indispensable à la création de ces monstres. Le Nouveau Patria devient le lieu de rassemblement des personnes concernées par l’avenir des divins.

“Over and over our bodies were transformed. Back and forth between human and beast… Bodies and spirits alike shattered… Only the ones who retained their human forms and minds until the end were dubbed Incarnates…” Hank travels back to École, the place where the Incarnates were made, along with Liza and Schaal. There they encounter old phantoms that invite them back into the past…

Hank travels in search of Cain, who proceeds with the Incarnate research that Elaine left unfinished. Schaal, held captive by Cain, learns about her power and must choose whether to sacrifice herself for the future of the Incarnates. Meanwhile, Claude searches for his own way to protect the nation and its people as the Northern Union of Patria prepares for war. Each of their paths comes winding back together as the story heads for its grand finale...