An Afrofuturist retelling of Alexandre Dumas's classic 19th century
novel The Count of Monte Cristo
The Last Count of Monte Cristo is a bold retelling of Alexandre
Dumas's classic tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption. This
speculative update pushes the narrative into a future hundreds of years
after the polar ice caps have melted and submerged our planet into a new
era of technology and culture. In this futuristic reinterpretation,
author Ayize Jama-Everett and illustrator Tristan Roach revisit the
original inspiration of The Count of Monte Cristo--Alexandre Dumas's
own father. A greatly respected general during the French Revolution,
Dumas was one of the highest-ranking officers of African descent in a
Western army in history. Like the protagonist of his son's story,
General Dumas was betrayed and spent years in prison before getting a
chance to return to his beloved France. The Last Count of Monte Cristo
is a radical and powerful graphic novel update that reclaims the
cultural heritage of Dumas's tale and suggests the terrible future that
could threaten the human race if we continue to destroy our planet.