[Early Earth 01] • The One Hundred Nights of Hero

**In the tradition of _The Arabian Nights_ , a beautifully illustrated

tapestry of folk tales and myths about the secret legacy of female

storytellers in an imagined medieval world.**

In the Empire of Migdal Bavel, Cherry is married to Jerome, a wicked man who

makes a diabolical wager with his friend Manfred: if Manfred can seduce Cherry

in one hundred nights, he can have his castle--and Cherry.

But what Jerome doesn't know is that Cherry is in love with her maid Hero. The

two women hatch a plan: Hero, a member of the League of Secret Story Tellers,

will distract Manfred by regaling him with a mesmerizing tale each night for

100 nights, keeping him at bay. Those tales are beautifully depicted here,

touching on themes of love and betrayal and loyalty and madness.

As intricate and richly imagined as the works of Chris Ware, and leavened with

a dry wit that rivals Kate Beaton's in _Hark! A Vagrant_ , Isabel Greenberg's

_One Hundred Nights of Hero_ will capture readers' hearts and minds, taking

them through a magical medieval world.