In this post-apocalyptic fantasy, a sea of sand swallows everything but the past.
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In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past.Â
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Chakuro is the archivist for the Mud Whale, diligently chronicling the lives and deaths of his people. As one of the short-lived thymia wielders, he knows his time is limited and is determined to leave a better record than his predecessors. But the steady pace of their isolated existence on the Mud Whale is abruptly shattered when a scouting party discovers a mysterious young girl who seems to know more about their home than they doâ¦
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A gripping post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure in the vein of Nausicaä.
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* Releases 6 times a year for 9+ volumes. Series is ongoing.
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* Anime to be released Fall 2017.
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* For fans of Hayao Miyazaki, Moebius, Garth Nix, Phillip Pullman, Tamora Pierce.
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* Ties into the ongoing trend of post-apocalyptic stories with YA protagonists such as Hunger Games, Divergent, The 100, The Knife of Never Letting Go, and The Last of Us.
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* The European-comics-influenced art and fantasy setting lend this title crossover potential for mainstream comics readers.