SKEWER – There is no predator more potent upon Darwin IV than the sleek and wide-ranging Skewers.
Sent along as the mission’s artist, Barlowe describes his ‘excursions’ to survey Darwin IV and the unusual animals he encountered: creatures like the monopodalians, who pogo-stick across a barren, icy landscape, or the winged but flightless Stripewings that are in “evolutionary flux.” Numerous “observed” details, such as the length of a Darwinian day (26.7 hours) and the feeding, hunting and mating behaviors of various creatures, help maintain the illusion of realism and immediacy such a first-person narrative demands.” ~ Publishers Weekly “An abundance of lavish full-color illustrations and detailed black-and-white sketches dominate Barlowe’s fictional account of a 21st-century exploratory space flight to the imaginary planet Darwin IV. BEING AN ACCOUNT IN WORDS AND ARTWORK OF THE 2358 A.D.
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