Umbra #3
In "3: Aurora," Askja ventures to a secluded island guided by a mysterious dream girl, uncovering a buried Soviet bunker housing children who straddle life and death—powers that have been invading her mind. When a Russian sleeper agent tracks her down to eliminate her, her lover Freyja intervenes, narrowly saving her life. Written by Stephen Murphy and illustrated by Mike Hawthorne, with inks by Hawthorne and letters by Erik Swanson, the cover by Mike Hawthorne captures the eerie, dreamlike tension of this haunting journey.
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Askja rows a kayak out to a hidden island where she is led by the girl in her dreams to a fortified bunker deep in the earth. Inside she finds the subjects of an old Soviet experiment, children that can walk between the worlds of life and death and have been using their powers to invade her dreams. The Russian sleeper agent catches up with Askja and tries to kill her for her discovery but her lover, Freyja, saves her life.
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