The series features contemporary history, including the wars in Bosnia and Afghanistan.Buck, Tumb, Sonny and Cindy have volunteered for a secret mission, and are practicing flying cargo planes across mountainous terrain. Theyre soon off to Afghanistan with new identities. Their cover: relief agency pilots. Their goal: locate a CIA agent whos gone missing while investigating an international arms ring. Between the traffickers, the government-imposed guides and the corrupt civil servants, will they find anyone they can trust?Francis Berg?se, pilot and aviation enthusiast, is the most reputable illustrator in the area of aviation art and was chosen to be in charge of the new Buck Danny adventures. This series, the creation of Georges Troisfontaines, Victor Hubinon and Jean-Michel Charlier, has sold 15 million copies. Berg?se also adapted into graphic novels some of the Biggles novels of Captain W.E. Johns.