Dwergen #10

The tenth volume of this Dutch-language fantasy series brings "Abokar van het schild" — Abokar of the Shield — and the cover makes an immediate impression: a battle-worn dwarf warrior, clad in heavy armor and clutching a battered round shield bristling with arrows, holds his ground amid the ruins of what appears to be a vast stone fortress or city, arrows and debris scattered all around him. Nicolas Demare's cover art conveys both exhaustion and stubborn defiance, with moody, atmospheric coloring by Digikore Studios lending the scene a brooding, cinematic weight. Published by Daedalus in 2019, this is exactly the kind of richly illustrated European fantasy storytelling that fans of the series have come to expect.