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by Xavier Dorison (Author), Ralph Meyer (Illustrator)
In the wild frontier, the dead stay buried. It's the living you have to worry about.
In volume two of this exciting graphic novel series, Jonas Crow--the West's most cynical undertaker--just wants to enjoy the quiet life of a traveling mortician. His hearse is fixed, his vulture is content, and the chaos of his last job is behind him. But peace is a luxury a man with Jonas's past can't afford.
The silence is shattered when an old colonel delivers a chilling revelation: the "Ogre of Camp Sutter," a monstrous surgeon from the Civil War thought to be long dead, is still breathing. For Jonas, this isn't just a shock--it's a summons. Because he's the one who let the Ogre get away.
The hunt for the rogue surgeon takes a desperate turn when Rose, Jonas's companion and moral compass, is taken hostage. To save her, Jonas must enter a psychological house of mirrors. How do you stop a "man of medicine" who views human life as raw material and uses his own patients as human shields?
In This Volume:
- Double the Darkness: Collecting the next two chapters of the acclaimed series in a single, escalating narrative arc.
- A Ruthless Adversary: Enter Dr. Quint, the "Ogre"--a genius, a sadist, and a man who believes he is playing God in the Wild West.
- The Weight of the Past: Explore the scars left by the Civil War as Jonas confronts the soldier he once was.
- Cinematic Visuals: From the claustrophobic tension of a surgeon's clinic to the sweeping landscapes of the American West, Ralph Meyer's art captures every grit-soaked detail.
Some men deserve an honorable death. Others deserve to be hunted down. For Jonas Crow, the difference is about to disappear.
Author Biography
Xavier Dorison (born 1972) is a French comics writer known for acclaimed series such as Long John Silver. After co-founding a comics festival while in college, he quickly became a major voice in contemporary European comics. Dorison continues to work across genres, earning recognition for his ambitious, large-scale storytelling. Ralph Meyer (born 1971) is a Paris-born comics artist celebrated for his dynamic, cinematic style. Over the course of his career, he has worked across thrillers, science fiction, mythology, and Westerns, establishing himself as one of France's leading visual storytellers.
