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.
A final test stands between Richard and the throne. Having failed to
kill Richard, Edward V and his younger brother are sent to the Tower of
London. Now that his political enemies have vanished, will Richard
finally be able to take the crown?