Hugo- and World Fantasy Award–winning writer G. Willow Wilson joins forces with visionary artist Chris Wildgoose for a sweeping epic where love ignites in the shadow of annihilation.
In a world gasping its final breaths, only two peoples remain: humans and orcs, sworn enemies locked in generations of bloodshed and political brinkmanship. Every border is a battlefield. Every negotiation, a powder keg.
Then the Vangol arrive.
Ruthless, ancient, and unstoppable, these invaders from across the sea threaten to erase both civilizations from existence. With extinction looming, former foes must forge an uneasy alliance or be wiped from history.
But in the uneasy space between war councils and front lines, something unexpected takes root: connection. Trust. Love. And the possibility that the future of the world may depend not just on swords and strategy, but on the courage to see each other as more than enemies.
This stunning oversized hardcover collects all 12 issues of the critically acclaimed saga in one breathtaking volume, an epic of war, diplomacy, and defiant hope that redefines high fantasy for a new generation.
G. Willow Wilson is the author of the acclaimed novel The Bird King (2019), co-creator of the Hugo- and American Book Award–winning series Ms. Marvel (2013–2018), and a writer for some of the world’s best-known superhero comic book series, including The X-Men, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Her first novel, Alif the Unseen, won the 2013 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, was a finalist for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and was long-listed for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction. In 2015, she won the Graphic Literature Innovator Prize at the PEN America Literary Awards. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages.
Hugo- and World Fantasy Award–winning writer G. Willow Wilson joins forces with visionary artist Chris Wildgoose for a sweeping epic where love ignites in the shadow of annihilation.
In a world gasping its final breaths, only two peoples remain: humans and orcs, sworn enemies locked in generations of bloodshed and political brinkmanship. Every border is a battlefield. Every negotiation, a powder keg.
Then the Vangol arrive.
Ruthless, ancient, and unstoppable, these invaders from across the sea threaten to erase both civilizations from existence. With extinction looming, former foes must forge an uneasy alliance or be wiped from history.
But in the uneasy space between war councils and front lines, something unexpected takes root: connection. Trust. Love. And the possibility that the future of the world may depend not just on swords and strategy, but on the courage to see each other as more than enemies.
This stunning oversized hardcover collects all 12 issues of the critically acclaimed saga in one breathtaking volume, an epic of war, diplomacy, and defiant hope that redefines high fantasy for a new generation.
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G. Willow Wilson is the author of the acclaimed novel The Bird King (2019), co-creator of the Hugo- and American Book Award–winning series Ms. Marvel (2013–2018), and a writer for some of the world’s best-known superhero comic book series, including The X-Men, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Her first novel, Alif the Unseen, won the 2013 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, was a finalist for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and was long-listed for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction. In 2015, she won the Graphic Literature Innovator Prize at the PEN America Literary Awards. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages.
