In the back of the train, in the "slag cars," humanity is reduced to its raw components. They eat "protein blocks" (a euphemism for something truly vile), live in squalor, and are kept docile by casual violence. Up front, the First Class sips champagne, wears silk, and views the tail-section passengers as less than human. Between them lies the brutal, mechanical logic of the train: every luxury in the front is paid for by a nightmare in the back.
: Military and technicians who maintain order and the "Eternal Engine". le transperceneige bd
Introduces a second train and the "explorers" who brave the outside ice. La Traversée / The Crossing In the back of the train, in the
: The artist whose raw, gritty style defined the series' oppressive atmosphere. Between them lies the brutal, mechanical logic of
The story is set in a future where a failed climate experiment has frozen the Earth, killing almost all life. The last remnants of humanity survive aboard the "Snowpiercer," a train one thousand carriages long, powered by a perpetual-motion engine. The train never stops; it circles the globe, cutting through a landscape of ice and death.
A continuation of the second train's journey into unknown territory. Terminus The final conclusion to the main narrative arc. Prequels Extinctions
