Cimarronin Books in Order

Cimarronin is a graphic‑novel offshoot of the Foreworld universe that shifts the action to the early seventeenth‑century Spanish Empire in Asia and the Americas. It follows Kitazume, a disgraced Japanese samurai eking out a haunted existence in Manila, far from home and honor.

At the start of the story Kitazume is close to ritual suicide when his old friend Luis, a charming but unorthodox Jesuit priest, pulls him into one last job: escorting a Manchu princess on a covert journey from the Philippines to New Spain. What looks like a simple smuggling run quickly turns into a tangle of imperial politics and personal debts.

As their small band crosses oceans and frontiers, they run afoul of Spanish officials, Chinese power brokers, escaped slaves known as cimarrónes, and agents of the Shield‑Brethren trying to keep control of rich silver mines. Kitazume’s swordwork keeps them alive, but his search for redemption is just as important as any duel.

The books are packed with ambushes, shipboard battles, and tense stand‑offs in marketplaces and mission courtyards.

The arcs collected as Cimarronin and Cimarronin: Fall of the Cross tell a complete adventure while hinting at a larger web of Foreworld stories running through this corner of the world. Readers who like visually driven storytelling and historical mash‑ups will find this series an easy entry point into the broader saga.