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Get three hilarious titles in the Asterix series in this 9th volume of the Asterix Omnibus by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny! Summary of the Books Asterix and the Great Divide Love is a hard job for anyone. Lovers have always struggled against society and the expectations and hard-headedness of their parents. However, what’re lovers to do when their stubborn fathers have literally divided their village in half with a trench? Histrionix and the beautiful Melodrama can’t live without each other, and if their fathers get their way, they’re not going to live with each other either. What can they do? This looks like a job for two Gauls who have a knack for bashing heads, and perhaps villages, together! Asterix and the Black Gold Julius Caesar is at his wits’ end. He has managed to convince himself that the particularly annoying Gauls in the single village he has failed to conquer are plotting to ridicule him by training boars to attack his Roman patrols. To try and discover the Gauls’ weak point, he commands M. Devius Surreptitius, the head of M.I.VI, to spy on the Gauls. Surreptitius isn’t a man Caesar can trust, at least not as much as he can trust the ever-loyal Brutus! He is scheming to overthrow Caesar and to this end, he sends his best agent, Dubbelosix, to discover the Gauls’ weakpoint. However, Dubbelosix is already scheming against Surreptitius, and he desires Caesar’s throne for himself. In the Gaulish village, the Druid is in a fix, he has run out of rock oil, the secret ingredient he needs for the magic potion. If he doesn’t get the next shipment on time, the Gauls won’t have any potion and the Romans will defeat them without a doubt! Can Asterix and Obelix find some rock oil and bring it back to the Druid in time before the nefarious Dubbelosix carries out his plan? Asterix and Son Asterix and Obelix enjoy bachelorhood. They have no responsibilities, and they can spend all the time they want hunting wild boar and beating the poor Romans silly. However, when Asterix wakes up one day to discover a baby on his front porch, he’s stunned. Despite the accusations of the villagers, Asterix has no idea whose child this is! To make matters worse, the Romans seem to be very interested in the identity of the child as well. Can Asterix and Obelix discover the parents of the child and hand him over to them before the Romans can get to him? About the Authors The names of Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny are nearly inseparable from the bestselling series they created early in their career. They have received many accolades for their work, and the Asterix series has been translated into many languages around the world. This volume marks the beginning of the books which were published after the death of René Goscinny. All these titles were written and drawn by Uderzo. Series Reading Order Asterix and Obelix must travel to India and help a fakir create rain in Asterix and the Magic Carpet, the twenty-eighth installment of the series!