In a not-so-distant future, a freak particle storm has landed botanist Dr. Maeve Millay on an idyllic yet strange parallel Earth, with no way back home. Here, two moons rule society, and nature outshines science. But just like her own climate ravaged planet, this verdant Earth has a sinister side. Children are rare. Humans must serve a purpose or pay an unthinkable price. Astronomer Zuzi battles this underlying darkness every day—just like Maeve did at home. Both women are fighters, and both face a choice: forge new paths, or save the worlds they've always known? Maeve will have to decide, and fast—because she's fighting for more than just herself.
Authors
Cecil Castellucci is an author of young adult novels and comic books. Titles include Boy Proof, The Year of the Beasts (illustrated by Nate Powell), First Day on Earth, Rose Sees Red, Beige, The Queen of Cool The Plain Janes and Janes in Love (illustrated by Jim Rugg), Tin Star Stone in the Sky, Odd Duck (illustrated by Sara Varon) and Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure. Her short stories have been published in various places including Black Clock, The Rattling Wall, Tor.com, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine and can be found in such anthologies such as After, Teeth, Truth & Dare, The Eternal Kiss, Sideshow and Interfictions 2 and the anthology, which she co-edited, Geektastic. She is the recipient of the California Book Award Gold Medal for her picture book Grandma's Gloves, illustrated by Julia Denos, the Shuster Award for Best Canadian Comic Book Writer for The Plain Janes and the Sunburst Award for Tin Star. The Year of the Beasts was a finalist for the PEN USA literary award and Odd Duck was Eisner nominated. She splits her time between the heart and the head and lives north and south of everything. Her hands are small. And she likes you very much.
Fabiana Mascolo is a freelance comic artist and illustrator based in Rome. Upon graduating top of her class from Science High School in 2012 she attended both a linguistics major at La Sapienza University and a three-year course in Comics and Illustration at the International School of Comics in Rome. In 2015 she started working as a colourist for Editoriale Aurea on the series Dago and in 2017 as a comic artist on the series Caput Mundi, published by Cosmo Editoriale.
Flavia Biondi nasce a Castelfiorentino (FI) nel 1988. Fin da sempre appassionata alle storie che raccontano le vicende del quotidiano lavora ai suoi fumetti tutti incentrati su personaggi all’apparenza modesta ma dal grande cuore. Dopo il diploma artistico e la laurea triennale presso L’accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna in Fumetto e Illustrazione collabora con varie etichette di autoproduzione. Nel 2012 assieme a sette colleghi “accademici” fonda l’etichetta Manticora Autoproduzioni che pubblica la sua prima antologia, Sindrome, l’anno stesso. Dopo esser stata segnalata dal concorso Komikazen 2011 collabora con la casa editrice Renbooks alla realizzazione del suo primo volume, Barba di Perle, che vede la luce nel dicembre 2012. Con Manticora nel 2013 realizza Tenebre, storia dalle tinte scure, realizzata assieme al collega Francesco de Stena, e partecipa alla seconda antologia del gruppo, Feral Children (2014) con una storia sui bambini selvaggi. Sempre nel 2014 per Renbooks pubblica L'orgoglio di Leone, graphic novel a tema LGBT ambientata fra Siena, Roma e Genova. Nel 2015, per i tipi di Bao Publishing, pubblica il graphic novel La generazione.
