On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, NBM is proud to bring back one of its bestselling series ever, amongst the world''s first highly realistic fully painted comics. Brought back in even better reproduction than ever with all-new scans of the original paintings overseen by the master himself. Each panel could be a painting on your wall! These volumes will take your breath away. In a lost and long forgotten valley high up in the mountains, The Mercenary has been contracted to save a woman from the mysterious and powerful Cult of the Sacred Fire! Each volume is complemented with articles at the back about the history and the making of this series over its gloried decades-long history.