Star Wars: Agent of the Empire - Hard Targets #1

Agent Cross is back, and the cover by Stéphane Roux sets a tense, spy-thriller tone immediately — a bald, sharp-eyed operative levels a blaster directly at the viewer while a armed woman in red stands ready behind him, and inset portraits of two other figures loom above against a vivid planetary backdrop. The tagline promises Cross's return to Alderaan comes with deadly consequences, and a fallen figure bathed in crimson shadow at the bottom of the cover makes that threat feel very real. With John Ostrander writing and Davidé Fabbri on art, this first chapter of a five-part story looks like a strong entry point for fans of espionage and intrigue set in a galaxy far, far away.