Le Syndrome de Caïn #5

A brooding, scar-faced man in a blue suit grips a cane topped with a bird-skull handle, his intense gaze cutting straight through you — and looming behind him, a weathered red skull reinforces the sense of dark purpose at the heart of this series. Le Syndrome de Caïn has been one of Soleil's more gripping thriller series, and this fifth volume from 2009 looks to keep the tension tightly wound. If you've been following the series, the atmosphere promised by this cover alone makes it easy to see why it holds its audience.