Author Description

The Ragpicker-- a man, bonded into a mysterious 'secondskin' that has prolonged his life after the digital apocalypse-- wanders the lush, deserted Earth, haunted by failing avatars and fragmented texts. He' s searching for traces of his long-dead husband but his journey is interrupted by a girl, Ysmany, fleeing her remote village in order to save a baby orphaned by a military grade secondskin, ' The Server,' the fanatical ruler of their town. Together they cross the flourishing, treacherous landscape towards sanctuary. Yet the signals and static of the previous age echo in the Ragpicker' s mind and whisper in the girl' s dreams, drawing them toward the gap between map and territory-- while offering precious hope.