* Science fiction firmly anchored in modern technology * Almost six million volumes of the series sold worldwide, with around 250,000 sales per title * Strong humanist values: friendship, self-sacrifice, respect for life * Published in English for the first time * Yoko Tsuno is a great female role model.

Yoko, Vic and Pol are back on Vinea after a two-month journey in hibernation. They've barely had time to wake up that the Vineans are already presenting them with disquieting news: plants of extravinean origin have been found in a remote part of the planet, as well as obvious signs of equally alien intelligent life - colossal in size. An expedition is sent to look for these titans...