Isabella Bird, Femme exploratrice #11

Taiga Sassa's historical manga series continues with this tenth volume, and the cover sets a wonderfully tense mood: a composed Isabella, arms folded in her deep blue Victorian dress, faces off with a top-hatted gentleman in a gold waistcoat who levels a cane or blade toward her in an elegant drawing room. The contrast between her cool, unflinching gaze and his smirking challenge makes for a cover full of quiet drama. Published by Ki-oon Kizuna, this is a series that brings the remarkable world of 19th-century exploration to life with both style and substance.