Les Tribulations de Roxane #1

Published by Point Image in 2000 as part of the Collection Monde Cruel, this opening volume of Les Tribulations de Roxane introduces readers to a story set against a striking mountain landscape. André Taymans's cover places a wide-eyed young blonde woman with a red backpack front and center, her anxious expression contrasting with the dramatic, jagged peaks behind her — while a second figure, backpack-laden and moving purposefully, recedes up the rocky trail into the distance. It's a tense, atmospheric opener that immediately signals high-altitude adventure and a protagonist who may be in over her head.