Alix Senator #8

The cover of *Alix Senator – Die Stadt der Gifte* sets an immediately arresting scene: the silver-haired senator rides a camel through a narrow rock canyon, emerging before a breathtaking rose-sandstone temple façade — unmistakably evoking the ancient Nabataean city of Petra — while a procession of riders follows in the warm, hazy distance behind him. Th. Démarez renders the golden light flooding through the canyon walls with real painterly warmth, making this 2019 Splitter edition a genuinely handsome object. With J. Martin and V. Mangin steering the series and a subtitle that translates to "The City of Poisons," the promise of intrigue woven into one of the ancient world's most spectacular settings is hard to resist.