Mercy Thompson #4

Patricia Briggs' beloved urban fantasy series continues in this fourth issue of Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly from Dynamite. Tom Garcia's cover sets an ominous tone — a massive skeletal clawed hand rises from the rocks in the foreground while Mercy and a muscular male figure stand tensely at its edge, flanked by a law enforcement officer and a younger blonde figure, all beneath a stormy sky filled with circling black birds. It's a charged, foreboding image that captures the supernatural unease at the heart of Briggs and Rik Hoskin's storytelling.