Infinity 8 Vol 2: Back to the Fuhrer (Infinity 8 #2)
Lewis Trondheim
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· 2 ratings · 104 pages · Published: 25 Jan 2017
The second in the eight-volume series of pulpy sci-fi adventures, this time by legendary writer Lewis Trondheim and series designer Olivier Vatine themselves. Another venture into the field of debris uncovers some strange artifacts from numerous historical eras . . . including the head of Adolf Hitler! Returning it to the ship for study turns disastrous as their future science restores life and awareness to the head, giving rise to the threat of a brand new Reich made up of robots and fanatics who’ve lost all understanding of the genocidal agenda the former dictator originally unleashed!
Crucial information transmitted by first agent Yoko Keren (at the end of vol.1) has made the Captain decide to launch a new parallel time loop and activate a second agent: the impulsive Stella Moonkicker, who will only have 8 hours to collect the maximum amount of information possible. Flanked by Bobbie, her boring probation robot, shadowing her since her most recent bout of “unprofessional conduct”, she is assigned as security for a group of fanatics who long for the return of the Nazis, not fully understanding exactly what the Nazis actual did or stood for. Their centuries-old impression has become watered down to something like a simple philosophy for peace . . . a far cry from the dangers of their actual original philosophy. But when they find the cryonized head of Adolf Hitler floating in the mysterious wreckage blocking the ship and try to reactivate it, the threat of a Fourth Reich on the Infinity 8 proves to be very serious. Stella and Bobby will have to confront the reanimated Führer, who is confused by this strange future and hellbent on taking over the world (again). But if the Captain is killed, no reboot can take place and the advent of the Fourth Reich will become the only time frame to have ever existed . . .