New York: First Second, (2008). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, a moving graphic novel. "On the day after the Kentucky Derby, tornado season descends on Oldham County, lightning strikes. A barn burns. In its embers, a poignant but fleeting relationship is kindled between firefighter Ursa Crain and Rafi, a Mexican immigrant. By turns violent and poetic, magical and mundane, Slow Storm follows the flight of a young illegal both enchanted and disappointed by America, and a woman with dark clouds looming above and within her. Lush watercolor washes and masterful linework describe the landscapes of Kentucky and of Rafi's last Mexico in this tale of homesickness and horses, storms and saints." SIGNED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. 172 pp plus 2 final drawings. ISBN: 978-1596432505.