Maskwa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798218867102)

At the dawn of a rising revolution, a solitary Indigenous Métis bounty hunter joins her detective father and their robot sidekick to pursue a killer, only to discover that the very thing she has been running from is now her one shot to capture the killer, heal her past, and alter the future.

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 may be 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.

Maskwa is Indigenous futurism at its most visceral: a vision of what it means to be a courageous rainbow warrior in the twilight of empire, where the old ways and new technologies merge in the fight for survival, healing, justice, and planetary renewal.

Over 300 pages of Indigenous futurism, climate fiction, and heart-pounding rebellion.