À l'ombre du convoi #2

The cover of this 2013 Casterman album sets an immediately gripping mood: a massive steam locomotive looms through swirling smoke in the background, while a woman and a young child press forward through a crowd of figures rendered in muted, shadowy tones — red petals scattered across the scene adding a haunting note of fragility. Beroy and Toussaint frame L'Espoir d'un lendemain ("The Hope of a Tomorrow") as a story caught between urgent movement and quiet dread, where the convoy itself feels less like a destination than a threat. For readers drawn to wartime human drama with atmospheric European bande dessinée storytelling, this second volume looks like a compelling reason to stay on board.