The first five issues of the acclaimed new Vertigo series THE WAKE are all collected in this new special!

A new species has been discovered at the bottom of the ocean, and as a result people are dying. Is it the missing link? Or a link to something even bigger? Marine biologist Lee Archer and her crew have to find out before things get much, much worse…

There have been hints that Lee Archer’s struggle at the bottom of the ocean will have much, much bigger ramifications. A flooded future…an impact on evolution... and more. Now, we finally find out. If you think you know what THE WAKE is about, this issue changes everything.

My name is Leeward, and this is where my story begins...” Our story jumps two hundred years into a flooded future where nothing is the same. The second half of THE WAKE starts here!

Two hundred years in the future, things are not looking good for the human race. But a mysterious call from the deep could change everything.