The intrigue and royal conspiracy in the Bard's Richard III is given a
dark manga twist that will appeal to aficionados of both comics and the
classics.
Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is
cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that
sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented
longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's Richard III, Aya
Kanno's dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between
worlds, between classes, between good and evil.
Having made a pact to collaborate, Richard and Buckingham purge one
opponent after the next. What will Richard do next in order to lay claim
to the crown? Meanwhile, Elizabeth prepares for a counterattack...