This is the book in which the epic story becomes really epic. Haley's character development alone makes this five stars, the war is almost a sideshow to it, in my eyes. ( )

Quite good. ( )

This third opus in the ongoing tale of the Order of the Stick is quite probably the best yet. It has a more cohesive storyline, which is probably due to the fact that at this point Burlew started to plan longer storyarcs in a more detailed way in advance. His pacing is also better here, and we see some long over-due storyarcs come into fruition.

This might also stay the best book in the series, as the comic's level has dropped a bit since the war. ( )