What started as a promising and fun genre webcomic grew to an example of comics at its best. Over this first volume, the storytelling, art and dialogue just keep getting better. There's action, humour, drama, and romance - yet none of it feels contrived. The characters feel real. And while the research (late 17th-century China) comes through quite strongly early in the story, it soon fades to the background to support the story.

In short, this is the real deal. I've certainly not read any other webcomics which approach the mastery of Pang, and I can only hope that Ben Costa will be able to finish this story and be recognised as the formidable talent he is. ( )