This is POWERFUL stuff. There are many great things to talk about, so I should better categorize: The ART is detailed and impressive. We can get lost in the intrincate detail and look at the book over and over and find out new details that were missed at the previous readings.The STORY is complex, with lots of layers and lots of action and characters and events. Absolutely entertaining and hard to put down.The CHARACTERS are three-dimensional and very believable. We get to know their personalities, care about them and feel worried about their fates.This is really the beginning of an amazing epic saga, the entrance to an impressive universe. I hadn't been so excited with a "space epic saga" since I read Asimov's FOUNDATION.