La Marche du crabe #2

The second volume of Arthur de Pins's La Marche du crabe trilogy arrives with a cover as quietly unsettling as it is visually striking — a pale seafloor expanse crawling with red-clawed crabs, each marked with a bold white X, surrounding one solitary white specimen at the center. Published by Soleil in 2011 under the Nocambule imprint, L'Empire des crabes promises to deepen the aquatic intrigue of this singular French series. If you were charmed by the first volume's sideways world, this one looks ready to expand it considerably.