In the dystopian future of 2111 and a world of mounting sea levels, thewealthiest fraction of the population has access to a rejuvenating vaccine thatcan allow lifespans of hundreds of years. A young man named Riel flees the bleaklife of the drowning countryside for the urban metropolis of Montreal; there hemeets a young woman named Neve, and falls in love, but he also discovers thatthe city is full of dangers, including rebel insurgents (the “Bastards ofGod”) who are fighting the corporate powers that control everything,demanding equal access for all to the miracle elixirs that can prolong life.Amongst the rebels is a young woman with unusual and mysterious powers, Gana,who is aiming to assassinate the CEO of Juvex, the company that produces thevaccine. As the story spirals into violence and the city into civil war, Neve istaken hostage by the rebels, Gana gets closer to her target, and theirinvestigations begin to reveal that the vaccine may not be everything it’scracked up to be . . .

Visual artist(s): Thierry Labrosse