* More than 10 million copies sold of the first 19 books in the series* A compulsive read for teenagers and adults alike, already translated into several languages* A TV miniseries based on the XIII books and starring Stephen Dorff and Val Kilmer premiered on France's Canal+ in 2008 and aired on NBC in the US in 2009 and 2010.* Cinebook was the first to publish the entirety of the original series in English, and is now continuing with the second season and the spin-off series XIII Mystery.* XIII has been made into a video game by Ubisoft.

Jason has managed to give his captors the slip, but he was forced to leave Betty behind, severely injured. After a short but tense episode dealing with the north-eastern mafia, he's off to the next step in his quest: Leiden, Holland, from where half of the Mayflower expedition left, and where his godfather appears to live. But his enemies haven't given up, and the young local guide he's picked brings her own heap of troubles...