Earthdivers Omnibus

by Stephen Graham Jones, Davide Gianfelice (illustrator), Riccardo Burchielli (illustrator)

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Heart Is a Chainsaw and The Only Good Indians come all three volumes of the time-hopping horror thriller about far-future Indigenous outcasts collected into one value-priced omnibus. The year is 2112, and it’s the apocalypse exactly as rivers receding, oceans rising, civilization crumbling. Humanity has given up hope, except for a group of Indigenous outcasts who have discovered a time-travel portal and figured out where everything took a turn for the America. Convinced that the only way to save the world is to rewrite its past, they send one of their own—a reluctant linguist named Tad—on a bloody one-way mission to 1492 to kill Christopher Columbus before he reaches the so-called New World. But there are steep costs to disrupting the timeline, and his actions could trigger a devastating new fate for his friends and the future. Then, travel to the Ice Age on a mission exploring America’s pre-Columbian past! It’s circa 20,000 BC and the breathtaking and bloodthirsty megafauna are the least of the problems when our protagonists are caught in a war between a community of native Paleo-Indians and an occupying Solutrean force. In the final volume, faced with the consequences of their actions—and their own slippery moral rationalizations—620 years in the future, the path is clear. There’s no better time and place to take another stab at America than Philadelphia, 1776. Join writer Stephen Graham Jones and artists Davide Gianfelice, Riccardo Burchielli, Patricio Delpeche, and Emily Schnall in this epic that collects all three volumes of Earthdivers (Vol. 1: Kill Columbus, Vol. 2: Ice Age, and Vol. 3: 1776) into one omnibus.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

488 pages, Paperback

Published October 7, 2025

About the author

Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author thirty-five or so books. He really likes werewolves and slashers. Favorite novels change daily, but Valis and Love Medicine and Lonesome Dove and It and The Things They Carried are all usually up there somewhere. Stephen lives in Boulder, Colorado. It's a big change from the West Texas he grew up in.

Reviews

[Dalton Valette · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can count on one hand the number of graphic novels I’ve read in the past decade, so this is something of a special read for me. But how could I say no to a story centered around Indians from the 22nd century time traveling to kill Christopher Columbus? The time travel element itself is intriguingly done, and the ramifications of actions in the past are clearly detailed, with time posing as the ultimate enemy in the end. There’s some narrative points I wasn’t the biggest fan of and I wished the second part, focused on time traveling to the Ice Age was more fleshed out. With these qualms out of the way, the Earthdivers Omnibus is a fast-paced, gnarly read (some of the bloody illustrations I will never forget) that only could have come from the wonderfully twisted imagination of Stephen Graham Jones.

[K.C. Norton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A comic about time-traveling Indigenous folks who try to stop America from happening. I... admit that I did not entirely understand this, especially at the end (what's with the goat man? And the... zombies, maybe?) but it's an interesting question: at what point could the worst parts of American colonialism have been averted? Is there a single point in history where we could effect change for the better? I don't think Jones is arguing that our timeline is inevitable, but every time I try to type out what I took away from this, it sounds pretentious AF and also doesn't quite fit the story.

I would love to have some notes on this from the author... like, Mr. Jones, please tell me what you mean. Anyway, if you enjoy the author's work, you'll probably enjoy this bloody, chaotic reflection on Turtle Island history that ranges all the way back to 20,000 BCE, give or take.

[Wayne Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very interesting idea that the people (mostly indigenous) that are left on a future dying Earth may change their current situation by travelling in the past - 1492, Ice Age and 1776.

The artwork is fantastic.

I enjoyed Vol 1 (1492 - Columbus) and Vol 3 (1776 - Declaration of Independence). Was not a fan of Vol 2 with the prehistoric time travel. The overall story is incohesive and vague at points. It isn't linear which isn't a problem but may cause confusion for individuals that enjoy a linear timeline. The ending is perfect for a time travel concept.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

This messed with my head and my heart and my eyes in all sorts of clever, engaging ways. Don't know that I followed every twist and turn of this time travel tale (there are wrinkles upon wrinkles upon ...), but it was so creative, innovative, and visually arresting - some images will live in my head for a good long time. Definitely worth checking out.

[bookwyrm · Rating 5 out of 5]

probably the best example I've seen of "you want to do this violence (and it is kind of cool, entertaining, etc etc)" and "this violence is both bad to do on like a cosmic scale, and bad for you personally to become the person who has done this" and "extremely understandable why"

[Xroldx · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's a great idea in this book but the execution could have been better. Art wise it's good, especially vol 1 and 3. But the story is incohesive and vague at some points.

[Robert]

Though I have no qualms about the first part’s thesis (the man we know as Christopher Columbus really did suck in numerous ways) the timey-wimeyness did my head in.