Lincoln #4

The fourth volume of Editions Paquet's Lincoln series brings us "Châtiment corporel" — a title that translates to "Corporal Punishment," setting a grimly evocative tone right from the start. The cover, rendered in brooding shadow by Jérôme Jouvray, draws the eye to a lone cloaked figure hunched in the corner of a dark, damp stone cell, a single shaft of pale light filtering through a high barred window above. It's a striking image of isolation and confinement that promises a tense, atmospheric chapter in this 2006 Franco-Belgian series.