Released by Delcourt, Kailash's Disc is the first part of a new series La montagne invisible, in two volumes. It is written by a recognized author, Makyo (La balade au bout du monde, Jérôme K. Jerome Bloche). Is this a major step by a recognized author or a step aside?
A visually successful action story
The first beaches plunge the reader into the heart of a concentration camp. David Kahn, a Jewish linguist of genius, receives death threats from the camp leader, Grüber. He utters the strange word kailash to avoid death. The tension rises but, by turning the page, we lose our bearings. The setting is that of a locker room where a boxer concentrates before a fight. Interviewed by a journalist, the athlete is very complex: retired boxer, former taulard, philosopher. Zach Kahn can hit but also thinks. This journalist reveals herself over the pages just as ambivalent. A former neo-Nazi, she plunges Zach into complex adventures without him wanting to. This narrative is served by a classic drawing for both style and layout. There are boxes of varying sizes often quite large around a white edge without leaving the box. The pages look at each other pleasantly and the story is well transcribed. Some boxes seem a little unfinished but this choice is sometimes voluntary as during the fights to better highlight the faster pace of the action.
A political narrative
Nina is attacked by two skinheads and ends up in a coma. We then discover that his meeting with Zach is not fortuitous. He is the grandson of the deported linguist and she is the granddaughter of the camp leader. History, politics and family ties mingle. Later, Zach will meet Udo Weber, leader of a far-right party. 
A fantastic tale
Makyo manages to deal with several themes at once. All the characters are in search of an invisible mountain where, according to written traditions, one can find all the riches. Indeed, this mystery is described by the Grüber archives found by his grandchildren, Nina and his brother Gunther. It is still very opaque in this volume. Udo Weber is also interested in the mountains. The geography of the high places of worship appears in this volume. Zach, an atheist Jew, travels to Israel to get help from his father but has disappeared. Zach and Gunther then follow the father's trail in Tibet. Elements of the plot are not very credible at the moment. The chances seem too numerous. Zach falls in love after a one-night stand, but claims that Nina couldn't have known he was Jewish. The boxer's father is the only one who can save her from her injuries. The invisible mountain begins very high in this first volume. At the end of the volume, the story ends temporarily by arriving in Tibet after a gradual construction of different characters and narrative threads. This volume, made for all fans of The Da Vinci Code, mixes history, esotericism and conspiracy.
