Missions "Kimono" #24

The long-running French aviation series reaches its 24th installment with Renégat, and the cover sets a gripping maritime scene: a French Rafale fighter jet screams low over open water, its afterburners blazing, missile-armed and bearing down on a civilian ferry — the "Ferries Star" — cutting across the sea ahead of it. Jean-Yves Brouard, Andrea Rossetto, and Francis Nicole bring their trademark technical precision to the aircraft and vessel renderings, with a helmeted pilot portrait anchoring the top of the composition. If you've been following the Kimono missions, this 2023 entry looks to raise the tension considerably.