Beware #7
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn the grim shadows of plague-ridden Medieval Paris, "The Life of Riley" unfolds with haunting stillness, as artist Henry Kiefer brings to life a tale of desperate choices and quiet tragedy. Michel and Denise, trapped by the city’s dying walls, make a fateful decision when a noblewoman’s casket offers their only chance at escape—only to uncover a secret buried deeper than the grave. Cover by Harry Harrison captures the somber weight of the moment, a stark contrast to the quiet horror unfolding within.
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Medieval Paris is hit with the plague. Michel and Denise wish to escape the city but their way is blocked by city guards. A noblewoman has died and her body is to be shipped out of the city to Argentueil. Michel pries the casket open, discards the corpse, and persuades Denise to take its place. That night he boards the barge headed for Argentueil intending to free Denise from the casket but learns that the noblewoman's father had his daughter buried. Michel commits suicide by throwing himself in the Seine.
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