From WASTELAND PANDA writer/director Victoria Cocks and MORTAL KOMBAT director Simon McQuoid: a poignant, dystopian tale of a mother’s fight for freedom—with stunning illustrations by Sebastian Ciaffaglione.

Longing for a better life for her 10-year-old son, Hannah attempts to illegally cross the border of Mother Earth— an enormous space station split in two as the result of a civil war. Crossing from the dystopian East into the idyllic West is suicide, especially with The Ministry of Order, its totalitarian government, watching its citizens' every move.

But for the sake of her son’s freedom, Hannah descends into The East’s perilous underworld of criminals, people traffickers, black market surgeons and deadly killing machines.


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Illustrations copyright © Sebastian Ciaffaglione, 2025. All rights reserved.


VICTORIA COCKS is an Australian writer/director best known for Davi and Wasteland Panda.

SIMON MCQUOID is an Australian film director and producer. He is best known for directing the 2021 reboot of Mortal Kombat and its 2025 upcoming sequel.