Version Control
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2022
- Category
- NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Mental Illness, Superheroes, Science Fiction
- Recommended Age
- 12 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 7 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553799672
- Publish Date
- Apr 2022
- List Price
- $23.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781553799689
- Publish Date
- May 2022
- List Price
- $18.00
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Description
After finding out Mihko reinstated the Reckoner Initiative in Breakdown, Cole and Eva confronted Mihko head-on. But when Eva stumbles across a secret laboratory, she finds her worst nightmares come to life. After a vicious battle with Mihko’s newest test subject leaves Cole close to death, Eva is forced to continue their investigation without him. With Brady missing and Cole in recovery, Eva is on her own.
What new terrors has Mihko created? Can they be stopped? And can Eva find Brady before it’s too late?
About the authors
DAVID A. ROBERTSON is the winner of the Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year Award, the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer and the TWUC Freedom to Read Award. His books include The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga; When We Were Alone (winner of the Governor General’s Award, a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and a McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People); Will I See? (winner of the Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award, graphic novel category); and the YA novel Strangers (recipient of the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction). He is the creator and host of the podcast Kiwew. Through his writings about Canada’s Indigenous peoples, Robertson educates as well as entertains, reflecting Indigenous cultures, histories and communities while illuminating many contemporary issues. David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg.
David A. Robertson's profile page
Scott Henderson (he/him/his) is author/illustrator of the sci-fi/fantasy comic, The Chronicles of Era and has illustrated select titles in the Canadian Air Force’s For Valour series and Tales From Big Spirit series, the graphic novel series 7 Generations and A Girl Called Echo, select stories in This Place: 150 Years Retold, Fire Starters, an AIYLA Honour Book, and Eisner-award nominee, A Blanket of Butterflies. In 2016, he was the recipient of the C4 Central Canada Comic Con Storyteller Award. https://scotthendersonart.wordpress.com/
Scott B. Henderson's profile page
Since 1998, Donovan Yaciuk (he/him/his) has done colouring work on books published by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse comics, and High Water Press including A Girl Called Echo and Breakdown: Reckoner Rises series and This Place: 150 Years Retold. Donovan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the University of Manitoba and began his career as a part of the legendary, now-defunct Digital Chameleon colouring studio. He lives in Winnipeg, MB Canada, with his wife and two daughters.
Andrew Thomas (he/him/his) is a well-known cartoonist, graphic designer, and comic book letterer from Brantford, Ontario. As an illustrator, Andrew has done interior and cover art for Captain Canuck, Archie's Friend Scarlet, and other independent publications. His most notable achievement was winning Favorite Artist and Favorite Comic Book at the CanComics Wiki Awards for his acclaimed and co-created Canadian comic series, Auric of the Great White North.
As a comic book letterer, Andrew has worked on over 100 publications for companies including Disney, Archie Comics, Lev Gleason Publications, and, most recently, Dark Horse Comics, where he is working on new comics from writer/director Kevin Smith.
Follow Andrew on Instagram @thefatmanwholetters
Awards
- Long-listed, First Nation Communities READ
- Joint winner, Manitowapow Award
- Winner, Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards, Graphic Novel
Editorial Reviews
Once again, the illustrations of award-winning Scott B. Henderson and the colouring of Donovan Yaciuk bring the story and its characters and settings to life. Robertson leaves his readers on a cliff edge at the end of Version Control. Stay tuned for volume three of the series! Highly recommended.
CM Association
Powerful, immersive storytelling, with the additional force of kinetic art by Scott B. Henderson and colouring by Donovan Yaciuk. In addition to the explosive superhero storyline, the novel also contains a powerful exploration of trauma and loss, the aftershocks of heroics, and the human cost of being superhuman.
Quill & Quire
This striking and brilliantly coloured work brings the reader into a visual page-turner.
Manitoba Book Awards
Stunningly illustrated by Scott B. Henderson, David A. Robertson's Indigenous young adult story delivers an emotional and suspenseful adventure that humanizes the dark reality of super-powered beings.
Ramón K Pérez
Version Control beautifully navigates friendship and action with stunning illustrations and a superhero heart tinged with horror. You'll be desperate for volume three once you hit the final page.
Chip Zdarsky
Among CBC Books 15 Canadian Comics We Can't Wait to Read in Spring 2022
CBC Books
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