Numbers 21+22- Descender Volumes 2+3= lemire + Nguyen

This should just have been number 21, but at the end of volume 2, I had no choice but to move on to volume 2 immediately.

That should be a pretty good indication of the quality of the story.

The story of companion droid Tim-21 in the post-harvesters civilisation continues apace.

After giant robots called Harvesters decimated the population of the galaxy, the survivors waged war against all robots with any type of intelligence. 

Sought by robot hunters after his presence was detected on a distant mining planet, Tim-21 and a rag-tag band of droids and humans are looking for the boy Chris (now a man) that Tim was companion to,

After their close escape at the end of the precious volume, Tim and two human companions have been taken to the Machine Moon- headquarters of the robot resistance.

 Danger lurks from all sides and there are betrayals and double crosses that threaten to destablise the entire galaxy, maybe even sparking a full scale war.

 Volume 2 ended on such a cliffhanger I had no choice but to continue into Volume 3.  Lemire has done that to me with two different stories this year now.

Volume 3 doesn't actually do much to resolve the cliffhangers, but provides a lot more background detail on each of the central characters through expertly interweaved flashbacks.

The storytelling is epic yet on a personal scale.  Dustin Nguyen's artwork is stunning throughout- The watercolour palette is so distinctive and gorgeous to look at.  You could find so much to love in these volumes even if you hated the story (which you won't because that's great too).

This is building up to be my favourite of his stories so far.