Ciel de guerre #3

The third volume of Pinard and Dauger's wartime aviation series sweeps readers low over a sun-baked airfield as two French-marked fighter planes — their desert camouflage schemes and tricolor roundels crisp against a hazy sky — tear across the cover in tight formation, engines blurring with speed. Subtitled Alerte en Syrie, this entry in Paquet's Cockpit Collection promises aerial drama set against the skies of the Syrian theater. For anyone drawn to meticulously rendered warplanes and the human stories behind the cockpit glass, this 2015 album is a compelling addition to the shelf.