Hollow Fields #3

Volume 3 of Madeleine Rosca's Hollow Fields brings the steampunk-tinged adventure to a thrilling crescendo, with the cover showing plucky young Lucy — school uniform, red hair, and all — standing her ground alongside a small purple creature as a menacing, mechanical-winged dark figure looms enormous above them against a fiery, gear-strewn sky. The contrast between the determined little girl and her towering, red-eyed adversary captures exactly the kind of spirited underdog energy that makes this series so endearing. At $12.99, this 2019 Seven Seas Entertainment volume is a satisfying conclusion to Rosca's charming and imaginative tale of a very unusual school.