The Wake - Black Label Edition

When she is torn from her research to join a secret government expedition in the middle of the Arctic, marine biologist Lee Archer has no idea what she is about to discover 300 feet below the ice cap. After being introduced to the team of all kinds of specialists, Lee discovers in a box the reason for this top secret expedition: the living specimen of a real marine chimera, a mermaid... .

The Wake is a major creation of screenwriter Scott Snyder (Batman, American Vampire, Wytches) and artist Sean Murphy (Batman White Knight, Punk Rock Jesus, Joe Inner), whose first collaboration gave birth to the series American Vampire Legacy. The authors weave here a complete story mixing underwater horror and scientific anticipation.

An original fable about the origins of the human species, awarded the Eisner Award for Best Cartoonist and Best Mini-Series in 2014.