Anya's War

Anya's WarAnya Rosen and her family have left their home in Odessa for Shanghai, believing that China will be a safe haven from Hitler's forces. At first, Anya's life in the Jewish Quarter of Shanghai is privileged and relatively carefree: she has crushes on boys, fights with her mother, and longs to defy expectations just like her hero, Amelia Earhart. Then Anya finds a baby a newborn abandoned on the street. Amelia Earhart goes missing. And it becomes

The year is 1855

and now she's missing--taking a piece of technology with her that everyone wants their hands on

a struggling PI whose previous career as a criminal profiler went down in flames

Lucy understands the Iron Woman's rage and she too wants to save the water creatures from their painful deaths

In a time before legends had yet been born

After eleven years of coupled-up domesticity

VISION (1994) 1-4

the Industrial Revolution

Born "with one foot on the other side

stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time

In the wake of Onslaught

So Annie knits herself a hot air balloon and sets off to find some animals who will appreciate her talents