Risto Isomäki: Sands of Sarasvati

Environmental activist, and author of both science fiction and non-fiction literature was born in Turk on the 8th of June 1961. His favourite topic is a blend of ecological and apocalyptic themes and issues connected to the process of globalization in relation to the developing world. In 1994 he received the Most Promising Science Fiction Writer Award by the European Science Fiction Association. His most successful title is the eco-thriller Sands of Sarasvati, which was awarded several prizes and which was also published in a comics version in 2008. The story takes place in the near future when archaeologists discover underwater ruins of mysterious cities and reach a conclusion that mankind is in an immediate danger.