Benjamin #2 (Oni Press, 2025)

Legendary science-fiction novelist Benjamin J. Carp has just been resurrected 40 years after his death . . . and that s not even the strangest thing that s going to happen to him today.In an effort to unravel the mystery of author Benjamin J. Carp s unexpected reappearance, Benjamin and his newfound companion, Marcus, travel to the arid Joshua Tree desert, where they discover the secret lair of a cabal of scientists eager to revive the minds of some of history s greatest thinkers in an effort to save humanity from its greatest weakness: lack of imagination. Are they to be believed . . . or is this just more sci-fi hokum torn from a chapter in one of Carp s beloved novels?Edgar Award nominee and Philip K. Dick Award winning novelist Ben H. Winters (EC s Cruel Universe, The Last Policeman Trilogy) teams with rising star Leomacs (EC s Epitaphs from the Abyss, Basketful of Heads) to recite the next haunting chapter of 2025 s mesmerizing science-fiction daydream with profound implications for the fate of the universe, as delivered in a prestige, ad-free format.