Saucer Country

Arcadia Alvarado, governor of New Mexico, has set her sights on the U.S. presidency. Immigration policy, the economy, and concern for all citizens become her campaign's key points. But she fears that she and her ex-husband were abducted by aliens. Enter a supporting cast of UFO scholars, UFO believers, staffers for both presidential candidates, those mysterious men in dark glasses, and the aliens—maybe. Can Arcadia win and save the world from invasion? A Hugo Award nominee originally published 2012–13, Cornell's (Wolverine; Dr. Who) insightful mashup of UFOlogy and political chicanery reads as remarkably relevant to the 2016 election with its female candidate and its "fake news" meme. What's true? What's fabrication? And what's simply a mystery—for now? The ending reveals just enough to satisfy, while leaving key stones to unturn in the forthcoming Saucer State. Kelly's realistic art in subdued colors gives the aura of a documentary.