Carnets d'Orient #10

Jacques Ferrandez brings his acclaimed Carnets d'Orient series to a charged conclusion with Terre Fatale, and the cover alone captures the tension of a world on the verge of fracture. A young man and woman stand in taut, wary closeness before stone walls covered in competing graffiti — "Algérie Française," "OAS Vaincra," and "Vive le FLN" — while a burning car and a crowd surge through smoke-filled streets behind them. It's a quietly masterful image from Ferrandez, placing two human faces at the center of a city pulling itself apart.