Ten years after massive, pillar-like extraterrestrial structures landed across Earth, the silent monoliths continue to stand motionless, neither communicating with nor acknowledging humanity. In the shadow of these Trees, the narrative follows disparate lives adjusted to a new status quo of indifference. In remote China, an artist enters a special city designated for free expression under a Tree's canopy. Simultaneously, in the Arctic, researchers discover hazardous black flowers blooming near a landing site, while Italian gangs and Somali politicians use the structures as backdrops for local power struggles and territorial violence.
This graphic novel serves readers who prefer cold, sociological science fiction over traditional invasion tropes. It attracts those interested in how geopolitical systems and individual psychology adapt to permanent, inexplicable phenomena rather than immediate catastrophe. Readers finish the volume with a perspective on institutional inertia and the realization that human conflict persists even when the species is rendered irrelevant by a superior power. It is a study of neglect, documenting how people build lives around a colossal mystery that refuses to provide answers.
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
