Several sailors from Bois-sur-Mer have gone missing and the city's mayor suspects that a kiroho, an errant soul, is responsible. As the sky darkens more each day, the inhabitants start fleeing the city and the mayor is forced to call on Professor Charles, the foremost kiroho specialist. Will the professor's and his assistant's intelligence and subterfuge...

The terrifying truth that the City Hall police was trying to hide is finally unveiled when Lord Black Fowl rains paper down over the crowd gathered for the inauguration of the Universal Exposition. The Crow seems to have taken control of the situation and the future has never looked so bleak: The Jules, father and son, are at the top of the Crown's most...