The Fuse #5

The fifth chapter of "The Russia Shift" arc arrives with one of the most striking covers of 2014 — blood-red liquid pooling atop and dripping from what appears to be a space helmet visor against a cold, star-flecked black void. Justin Greenwood's stark, minimalist cover design speaks volumes without showing a single face, letting that cascading crimson do all the storytelling. Antony Johnston's sci-fi noir series continues to prove that crime fiction set in orbit can be every bit as tense and visceral as anything on the ground.