By Zack Quaintance — Kairos by Ulysse Malassagne just got a new North American release and translation courtesy of publisher First Second. The book — which hit our stores this year in a pretty little hardcover that’s smaller than most novels — was first released in Malassagne’s native France as a three-part series. It is, essentially, a subversion of the damsel in distress narrative that has long been so pervasive in fantasy stories.