Elfen #14

A formidable elven warrior dominates this cover — dual blades in hand, leather-and-plate armor catching the light, a hawk descending toward her shoulder — while a sweeping coastal city and ornate golden archway frame her in equal measure. Bojan Vukić's detailed linework gives the image a rich, painterly weight that suits the gravitas of the story title, "Het oordeel van de put" (The Judgment of the Pit). The fourteenth entry in Éric Corbeyran and Vukić's Elfen series, this 2018 Daedalus edition promises the kind of high-fantasy tension the series does so well.