Proof #5

Proof #5 arrives "with a bullet!" and Riley Rossmo's cover makes that energy instantly felt — a cool, white-suited woman stands center stage, pistol in one hand and a swinging chain weapon in the other, surrounded by a swirling collage of glowing orbs, a looming sasquatch-like figure, a snarling creature, and scattered action vignettes. Grecian and Rossmo's 2008 Image series wears its wild ambitions proudly, blending cryptozoology and espionage into something genuinely unlike anything else on the shelves. If "Sabbatical" sounds like a breather, the cover suggests otherwise.