Orphans #2

The subtitle says it all — Lies — and Massimo Carnevale's cover makes the tension visceral, showing armored soldiers in dark tactical gear pressing forward through a crimson-hazed battlefield while a group of vulnerable, unarmed figures are herded along beneath them. Roberto Recchioni and artist Gigi Cavenago continue their sci-fi saga in this second Lion Forge volume, with "Chapter 4: Ghosts in the Shadows" hinting that the secrets buried in this world run deep. If you're drawn to gritty, military-tinged science fiction with a sharp edge of moral unease, Orphans Volume Two delivers that atmosphere right from the first glance.