De Wouden van Opaal #9

The ninth chapter of De Wouden van Opaal — subtitled Een zee van licht — arrives with a cover that pulses with raw energy: a blond, battle-worn warrior stands atop a heap of rubble, twin blades in hand, as chunks of stone and scattered pages swirl through a sky burning deep amber and red. The image, by Arleston and Pellet, captures a character at the center of destruction yet utterly unbroken, surrounded by fallen books whose contents seem as endangered as the world around him. Nine volumes in, this 2016 Dutch-language fantasy series continues to deliver the kind of brooding, large-scale adventure that rewards long-time readers.