Powell's Best Science-Fiction,Fantasy, Horror, and Graphic Novels of the YearThe richly imagined world of MONSTRESS is an alternate matriarchal 1900s Asia, with an art deco-infused steampunk aesthetic that's brimming with arcane dangers.

Within it, a teenage girl struggles to overcome the trauma of war, a task that's made all the moredifficult by her mysterious psychic link to an eldritch monster of tremendouspower-a connection that will transform them both, and place them in thecrosshairs of both human and otherworldlypowers. Creator/writer Marjorie Liu (who madehistory as the first woman to win an Eisner Award for Best Writer) andcreator/artist Sana Takeda present a deluxe, oversized hardcover edition oftheir beloved breakout comic in MONSTRESS BOOK ONE.

Collecting the first 18issues of the New York Times bestselling series, this massive edition features astriking new cover, as well as special extras, including never-before-seensketches, script pages, and more for over 500 pages of award-winning content.