Monstress Vol 1 Awakening Author:Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda (Illustrator) Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, Monstress tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target ... more »of both human and otherworldly powers.« less