The Last Count of Monte Cristo

The Last Count of Monte Cristo (Hardcover). 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.