U-47 #12

The twelfth chapter of U-47 arrives with a cover that puts you right inside the cramped, instrument-packed interior of a German submarine — a commanding officer in naval cap and blue uniform lunges toward the viewer, mouth open, one hand thrust forward in urgent warning or furious order, an Iron Cross at his collar. Gerardo Balsa renders the tension of underwater warfare with visceral immediacy, surrounding the figure with the dials and machinery of a U-boat control room pressing in from every angle. "Breekpunt" — Dutch for "breaking point" — says everything about the pressure this 2021 installment promises to deliver.