Dark Horse and Berger Books will release Olivia Twist, a gender-swap dystopian retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel Oliver Twist.

Written by bestselling novelist Darin Strauss (Chang and Eng, More Than It Hurts You) and Adam Dalva (Tin House, Guernica), with art by Emma Vieceli (Vampire Academy, The Adventures of Supergirl).  Covers for the four-issue miniseries will be provided by Vanesa Del Rey, Tula Lotay, Sana Takeda, and Vieceli. The series launches on September 19.

Olivia is a teenage orphan in London, and joins a gang of girl thieves, the Esthers, to save a boy she barely knows. Her world has just settled down, when she finds out she will be given more wealth and power than anyone thought possible. Of course, it comes with a terrible price.

Description of preview: 5 total pages (Cover and 4 interior pages).