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Alan Heathcock

    VOLT de Alan Heathcock se sumerge en los rincones más oscuros de la experiencia humana, pero siempre con una gracia que porta luz disponible. Sus historias del pueblo ficticio de Krafton exploran temas de civilización y naturaleza salvaje, cumplimiento y quebrantamiento de la ley, fe y falta de fe. Heathcock captura magistralmente cómo los individuos navegan las tragedias y se esfuerzan por alcanzar el equilibrio. Su lenguaje es escueto pero generoso y rico, atrayendo a los lectores a un mundo rudo pero hermoso que no olvidarán pronto.

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    • 2022

      "In a future America ravaged by natural disaster, pandemic, and political unrest, a fundamentalist faction emerges. As the Novae Terrae gain power, enticing civilians with bread and circuses, a civil war breaks out between its members and the US government. Mazzy Goodwin, a young soldier, only wants to find her little sister, Ava Lynn. One day, she wakes in a bomb crater to find wings emerged from her back. Has she died? Been gifted wings by God? Undergone a military experiment? The world sees a miracle. Mazzy is coaxed into seeing it as an opportunity: to become the angel-like figurehead of the revolution, in return for being reunited with her sister. Her journey leads her to New Los Angeles, where the Novae have set up the headquarters for their propaganda machine--right in the ruins of Hollywood. Aided by friends old and new, she must navigate a web of deceit while staying true to herself"--

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