Elsewhere Volume 1

In our world, Amelia Earhart disappeared somewhereover the Central Pacific Ocean in 1937. In Elsewhere, Jay Faerberpostulates that she and her airplane go through a portal and end up in anotherworld. In a world called Korvath, escaped slaves, Cort and Tavel, rescue a womandangling from a parachute caught in the trees; she is Amelia Earhart. She andher navigator, Fred Noonan, both bailed out of their airplane, but somehow shehas landed on Korvath (Fred may have done so, too). Very soon, Amelia findsherself caught up in a conflict between freedom fighters and a merciless, maskedwarlord named Lord Kragen. This world does not have aircraft, but Amelia quicklylearns how to fly on one of the empathic Korvathian steeds. When she, Cort, andTavel go on a rescue mission to Kragen's fortress, they do not find Fred, butanother human-Dan (“call me DB”) Cooper. Cooper parachuted from theplane he hijacked and held for ransom in 1971 and was never seen again (but hedoes not tell that to anyone). Amelia learns that other vehicles and people havecome to Korvath from Earth, including a German U-boat from World War II.However, even as she tries to assure Cort's people that she and DB are good, notlike the aggressive (and now dead) Nazi submariners, DB is making plans of hisown. Elsewhere is the first volume of a planned series. This story is nottotally original-it has the same vibe as the John Carter of Mars series by EdgarRice Burroughs-but it is a great adventure with a fun take on a female Americanhero. Artist Sumeyye Kesgin draws Amelia pretty much as she looked in real life,although she looks younger than she was at the time of her disappearance (shewas in her late 30s). Teens who love fictional dragons and winged horses willlove the Korvathian steeds.-VOYA