The Concept: Rex Mundi is a quest for the Holy Grail told as a murder mystery. It is a tale of sin, murder and redemption in an alternate-history Paris where magic is real and the Catholic Church never lost its grip on power. Master Physician Julien Saunière must track down a mysterious cult with a thousand-year-old secret. A secret for which people are being killed…

This Issue: “THE LOST KINGS” Julien discovers a geometrical riddle hidden in plain sight on the streets of Paris. The key to the puzzle leads him into the deepest danger he has ever known. Meanwhile, a minor aristocrat frustrates the Duke of Lorraine’s sinister plans. Lorraine will have to find a way around—or through—the problem.