Alix Senator #4

Set against a blazing amber battlefield, Thierry Démarez's cover for this 2016 Splitter Verlag edition places a white-haired rider on a rearing black stallion at the center of the chaos, sword raised amid the clash of armies — while two towering armored warriors, one in chainmail and one in a crested Spartan helm, loom ominously over the scene. The title "Die Dämonen von Sparta" promises a confrontation steeped in ancient Greek conflict, and the composition delivers that tension with striking painterly intensity. Valérie Mangin's story, brought to vivid life by Démarez's art, makes this fourth volume of *Alix Senator* a compelling entry in the series.