Alone #7

The seventh chapter of Vehlmann and Gazzotti's gripping series brings "The Lowlands" to Cinebook's English-language readers, and the cover sets an urgent, unsettling tone immediately. A dark-haired figure strains to pull a younger child in a blue hoodie away from an open manhole, while a cluster of grasping hands reach up from below, threatening to drag the kid underground. Gazzotti's expressive linework makes the tension between rescue and peril almost palpable, promising another tense installment in this remarkable series about children navigating a world without adults.