The Fighting Machine

My latest illustration for Chris Bird's story 'The Waves'. (iPad drawing)

(An alernative title is 'The hunt for the coup plotters')

It tells of golden children that appear on a beach causing social upheaval and alarm in the local population. The children turn out to have magical powers that bring relief to all kinds of suffering.

Extract from 'The Waves'

'They dragged the weapon out onto the beach. With a whine and a lurch it headed across the beach. The flag fluttered at the head of the wooden tower and as the wheels rolled they clanked against the line of shields. Soldiers marched behind the weapon toward the caves. The weapon creaked and groaned as it crossed the sand and neared the caves.'