Letter 44, Vol. 3: Deluxe Edition (Deluxe edition)

A new oversized, hardcover edition of the critically-acclaimed andaward-winning series about presidency and first contact, packed with extras likecreator commentary, sketches, concept art, and more!

This third volume collectsthe interstitial one-shots focusing on the astronauts of the Clarke-whythey signed up for a one-way trip, and what they hoped to accomplish on theirjourney-as well as the mysterious Builders, who are responsible for theEnd, a powerful force that hurtles toward Earth and its billions of inhabitants. President Stephen Blades struggles with how to tell the people ofEarth that most of them won't survive the End.

But when he learns that even the666 humans he hand-picked will fall victim to the End, it seems all hope islost.

The same can be said for the crew of the Clarke, crash-landed on Marsafter sabotaging the Builders and their escape ship.

Now at the mercy of theBuilders, who have followed them to the red planet in order to exact revenge,Charlotte and Overholt do what they can to keep their crew alive-for aslong as they can hold out.

In the eleventh hour, the future of humankindwill be left in the hands of those who chose to lead.