In this Italian graphic novel, what starts out as a standard war story turns increasingly surreal and Satanic...

This masterfully paced, page-turner story by Tito Faraci was illustrated in expressive graytones by Italian award-winning artist, Pasquale Frisenda.

From the publisher:

In the Winter of 1812, worn out by the Russian "scorched earth" strategy, Napoleon's Grande Armée retreats -- ragged and hungry -- across a snowy desert. A crust of bread and a fire to warm themselves around; Captain Lozère's men ask for nothing more. When that distant glow, warm and inviting, appears under the deadly grey sky, hope seems to be reborn for them… And yet, it is as if in the cold and dark air, there is something sinister, an elusive sensation, a faceless presence that awaits their arrival with immortal patience…