The Archangels of Vinea — Roger LeLoup

When a suspended animation pod with a child inside washes ashore on an isolated island of Vinea, Khany is dispatched to investigate â€" and takes Yoko along with her. The trail leads to a strange tower that emerges from the water at regular intervals, and on which Khany lands. But by the time Yoko follows suit, Khany has disappeared, the tower begins to sink again, and a mysterious, angel-faced Vinean is about to be shot by other men who appeared from beneath the waves. Yoko steps in …