MASKWA

At the dawn of a rising revolution, where dust storms rage and water is scarce, Alaska Rainmaker rides the wasteland as a bounty hunter, tracking down fugitives with her motorcycle and lasso. Part Cree, part Welsh, and wholly determined, she lives with seizures, mental health issues, and a "lightning spirit" that brings visions of her ancestors and a longing for her ancestral connection.

Being a recluse, she reluctantly agrees to team up with her detective father and their human-like robot sidekick to hunt the Copycat Killer – a serial murderer wearing the masks of history's most notorious killers. As they follow clues in a labyrinth of diverse characters, they descend deeper into the city's dark, dystopian underbelly. As fatalities appear to share the same markings, Alaska must confront not only a human monster, but also the possibility that the crimes are connected to something far older and darker: the Wetiko, an ancient, distorted entity based in her cultural lore that feeds on severed threads – within individuals, between people, and between humanity and Mother Earth.

Blending Indigenous spirituality, cyberpunk aesthetics, diversity, climate fiction, and a hard-boiled crime narrative, "Maskwa" (Cree for "bear") follows Alaska's journey from bounty hunter to bear medicine woman as she battles both personal-ancestral shadows and literal ones in a quest that spans the collapsing landscape of America and the eternal wisdom of her ancestors.