A House Divided #1
From Haiko Hörnig and Marius Pawlitza comes this 2020 graphic novel opener subtitled *The Accursed Inheritance of Henrietta Achilles* — and the cover sets the tone brilliantly. A wide-eyed young woman with dark blue hair is pinned against an imposing door flanked by golden bull-head knockers, multiple blades crossing around her while a massive, shadowy creature with clawed hands and a single glowing purple eye looms from a crack in the wall above. It's an immediate, atmospheric promise of mystery and peril, with a small crumpled figure at her feet hinting that this haunted inheritance comes with plenty of dangerous company.
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In addition to coping with warring factions and strange monsters within the house, Henrietta finds that the house itself sometimes acts, and apparently thinks, on its own. Fed up, she returns the keys to the mayor, who angrily relates that since her wizard uncle's death, strange spells and creatures torment the helpless townsfolk. When the house unleashes a sudden flood that inundates the town, Henrietta decides to return to the house, and take responsibility.
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