
He’s astoundingly intuitive about the way she stands, the little glances she gives and the expressions on the faces of others. She keeps her thoughts largely to herself, but Steve Epting is an artist who thrives on nuance, and we learn much about Sara just from the way she’s drawn.

She fits neatly into the categorisation of war hero similar to so many others Garth Ennis has created over the years, doing all they can to save their country, while caring nothing for the political ideology that accompanies it in World War II. Sara is complicated, making little attempt to ingratiate herself with colleagues who all respect her phenomenal talent and calmness under pressure.

In the winter of 1943 the German siege of Leningrad is entering its second year, and Sara is the best shot in a troop of Russian female snipers operating in appalling conditions, against what seems to be no end of invaders.
