It is early in the summer of 200 BC, and a Carthaginian expedition has finished crossing the mighty Atlantic Ocean and discovered an entire new continent, which they name Atlantis after the mythical sunken landmass. Among the colonists are our protagonists Isceradin, Arishat, and their little daughter Nikkal, all of whom are positioned closest to the front of the galley’s bow here.

This is an illustration I did for my novella Carthage Atlantica, an alternate-history tale about ancient Carthaginians from North Africa settling in North America. The question remains, how will these colonists fare in a new world already populated by various indigenous peoples, and will their own leadership’s ambitions get the better of them?