Risto Isomäki
Risto Isomäki (b. 1961) is a science journalist and an author.
He has written several science fiction titles to date and been awarded the Most Promising Science Fiction Writer Award by the European Science Fiction Association in 1994. His 2009 graphic novel adaptation of the eco-thriller Sands of Sarasvati was awarded the Sarjakuva Finlandia Comics Award.
Isomäki campaigns for environmental and world hunger issues, and is an active participant in several development projects in Africa and Asia.
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Written by Risto Isomäki | Adapted by Petri Tolppanen | Illustrated by Jussi Kaakinen
Sands of Sarasvati
The bestselling eco-thriller in a graphic novel format
Petri Tolppanen’s wonderful adaptation of Risto Isomäki’s novel and Jussi Kaakinen’s artful animation make this important story to come alive in a completely new way.
In Sands of Sarasvati Indian and Russian marine scientists are investigating mysteri- ous underwater ruins that were, also in the real world, discovered along the West Coast of India, in the bay of Cambay in May 2001. In the novel, these underwater ruins are used as a parallel to what might soon happen to many costal cities in Europe and america.
Winner of the Sarjakuva-Finlandia Prize 2009!
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