Meridian: Flying Solo

Meridian is the story of Sephie, a sheltered young girl whose life resembles nothing so much as a fairy tale. The beloved only child of the Minister of Meridian, she grows up with an entire floating city as her playground. Then her father dies, and she inherits a sigil imbued with the power to create. So does her wicked Uncle Ilahn, except that his powers are bent on destruction and domination. Suddenly Sephie finds herself at the center of a power struggle, and quickly she learns that there is more than love in the world. Kidnapped to the world of Calador, Sephie's journey home to Meridian puts her in the path of many people good and bad that help her grow up and counter Ilahn's plans to take over her world.

A former drama major, Barbara Kesel has been in the comic book industry since 1981, when she wrote a Batgirl backup story for Detective Comics. Since then she has written for every major comic company as well as served as an editor at DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Now she is writing Meridian, The First, and CrossGen Chronicles.

Steve McNiven is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He holds a BA in Art Education and a BFA in Sculpture and spent four years teaching art to high school kids before coming to CrossGen.

Mike Atiyeh's has colored comics for almost every major publisher, including Marvel, DC, Image, Acclaim, and Wizard Entertainment.