Shadow Banking #2

A man and a woman stand their ground beneath the soaring glass towers of a modern financial district, their figures small against the cold corporate architecture yet radiating quiet resolve — it's a striking image that captures the human stakes at the heart of high-finance intrigue. Subtitled "Engrenage" (Gears), this second volume of Shadow Banking promises the kind of tightening-trap tension that the title implies, with Corbeyran and Frederic Bagarry's story brought to life through Éric Chabbert's sleek, atmospheric cover art. Glénat's 2015 thriller series continues to make the shadowy world of unregulated finance look compellingly dangerous.