I didn't finish reading this -- I got about halfway through. My boss had a copy in the office that he was selling on eBay, and though I had it on my desk for some weeks, I wasn't compelled to finish it before it had to be sent out. I think this says a lot about the forward motion of the plot. I just wasn't interested in the characters, and the story was taking a bit too long to develop. The art was very nice, however.