In the eagerly anticipated Book Two, Dr. Kenneth Langner, a
world-renowned geneticist and creator of the Cloven species, reveals
himself to Seattle Stranger reporter Jake Arthur, who continues his
in-depth research on the homeless encampment known as "the Jungle." When
Langner turns up dead the next morning, Arthur realizes he's into
something far more sinister than he realized. Meanwhile, in an effort to
evade the para-military that have begun rounding up Cloven, Tuck is
taken to Halcyon Meadows, a bizarre retreat of the true
insiders--Supreme court justices, ex-presidents, movie stars, rock
musicians, health gurus--those who are really in the know and who gather
there every summer to worship goats. And to celebrate the existence of
the first human/goat hybrid: The Cloven. And that's when things really
start to get weird.
Moody and mysterious and atmospheric as a fever dream, The Cloven is a
raucous, funny, and dynamic sci-fi graphic novel series about James
"Tuck" Tucker, a genetically modified human organism known as a Cloven,
written by Garth Stein (The Art of Racing in the Rain) and drawn by
Matthew Southworth (co-creator of the graphic novel series Stumptown),
two of today's bestselling and critically acclaimed storytellers.
