Before the dawn burns us

Format:

Book

Title:

Before the dawn burns us

Other title(s):

Low. Before the dawn burns us, 2

Author:

Remender, Rick writer

ISBN:

9781632154699

Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, 2015.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Number in series:

VOLUME 2

General Note:

"Originally published in single magazine form as LOW #7-10."

Summary:

"Stel Cain is on a mission to rise from the depths of the sea, where humanity has fled to save itself from the ravages of a dying sun, and be the first human in millennia to walk the scorched surface of the earth. There, she believes, a deep-space probe holds the coordinates to an inhabitable world and promises to restore hope to all of humanity. The the rumor of the probe is spreading, and has reached the ears of one of the feared Ministers of Thought from the icy city of Voldin, where hoping for a better future is a crime punishable by death."--Back cover.

Reading Level:

Rated M / Mature.

Subject(s):

Women adventurers -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Undersea colonies -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Voyages and travels -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels.

Genre:

Science fiction comic books, strips etc.

Action and adventure comics

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels

Science fiction comics

Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.

Science fiction comics.

Added Author:

Tocchini, Greg

McCaig, Dave

Wooton, Rus

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

In the far future, a time when the sun's radioactive expansion hasforced mankind to seek refuge in the deepest part of the ocean, and with littlehope of survival, the fate of the Cain family is inevitably and tragically tiedto that of our dying world. Stel Cain, the eternal optimist, has begun aperilous journey from the depths of the sea to the surface to intercept adeep-space probe, returned to earth with the location of an inhabitable planet,that mankind could escape to. But there is another Cain in the deep:Stel's long-lost daughter Della, who has grown up to be a Hope Hunter,seeker and destroyer of all things that would instill in people a false sense ofhope, distractions from life's grim reality. When Della hears of theprobe, the ultimate symbol of hope, she sets her courses to the surface as well,to destroy the beacon...and any who would seek to share its light.

Author Notes

Rick Remender is the writer and co-creator of comics such as Fear Agent, Low, Deadly Class, Tokyo Ghost, Death or Glory, The Last Days of American Crime, Black Science, Crawl Space, A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance, Night Mary, The Sacrificers, The Scumbag, Seven to Eternity, Last Christmas, The Holy Roller, Napalm Lullaby, Grommets, and more. For Marvel he has written titles such as Uncanny Avengers, Captain America, Uncanny X-Force , and Venom . He's written video games such as Bulletstorm and Dead Space , and worked on films such as The Iron Giant , Anastasia , and Titan A.E . He and his wife reside in Los Angeles raising two beautiful human monkeys.