Soul Machine
Annick Press · Hardcover · June 3, 2025
A Wrinkle in Time meets Brave New World in this thought-provoking debut graphic novel about one girl’s quest to save her family's livelihood—and maybe existence itself.
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- Who it’s for
- A metaphysical graphic novel where family bonds meet corporate greed and questions of reality.
- Genres
- YA Sci-Fi Comics, YA Dystopian Comics, YA Fantasy Comics
- Published
- Annick Press, June 3, 2025
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A Wrinkle in Time meets Brave New World in this thought-provoking debut graphic novel about one girl’s quest to save her family's livelihood—and maybe existence itself. Chloe, 14, and her 16-year-old sister, Lacey, make souls by hand in an empty old house in the countryside. When their supply of breth—the raw material needed to make souls—runs dry, the evil MCorp tries to force them to franchise and make synthetic souls instead.
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Chloe sets out to the big city in hopes of finding a new source. And maybe a way to modernize their business that Lacey is so determined to keep in the past. On a journey to find a real breth crop, untouched by MCorp’s greedy hands, Chloe uncovers long-buried family secrets—and starts to question whom to trust and what reality even is. A beautifully rendered debut, Soul Machine is at once a metaphysical science-fiction story and a nuanced exploration of big ideas: spirituality, family, consciousness, and connection, but also unscrupulous consumption, megacorporations, and how egomaniac entrepreneurs impact our lives.
Souls and Systems
A metaphysical graphic novel where family bonds meet corporate greed and questions of reality.
Come here for
- Handmade-soul strangeness, sisterly tension, and corporate dystopia
- Big questions about consciousness, trust, and who controls the essentials
Expect
- A reality-bending journey with spirituality and family at its center
- A pointed look at synthetic souls, megacorporations, and unchecked ambition
Where it sits
| YA Sci-Fi Comics | 87% |
|---|---|
| YA Fantasy Comics | 50% |
| YA Dystopian Comics | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Sci-Fi Comics
- YA Fantasy Comics
- YA Dystopian Fiction
- Visionary Fiction
- Authors
- Jordana Globerman
- Publisher
- Annick Press
- Published
- June 3, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- YA Sci-Fi Comics