In the near future, the U.S. will split. One country will be relatively free. In the other, art will be illegal, religion mandatory. Teenage artistic prodigy Mona Liebowitz was born into the second. Now she's on the run with blood on her hands, and a scheming Anti-Art teacher has made a deal to bring her down before she "poisons" the country with the biggest art endeavor of all time.
Dave Dumanis is the author of 51, AMERICAN BEEHIVE, ALPHABETICAL DISORDER, SHAGGY DOG STORIES AND NURSERY RHYMES, A PLAGUE OF BOILS, CREAM, THE SOFT PINK AND WHITE BUNNYRABBIT STORY, MONA LIEBOWITZ, and NINE LIVES BY PAUL VARJAK. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.