While the first volume seemed like it could lead into a good story, after a shaky start, the second volume did not really follow up on that. The events of this volume could be employed to write a good story, but they felt fumbled by the writer, and lacking narrative coherence. Overall, it was just a badly executed effort. When some of the additional notes in the first book included the creators talking about having difficulties with the publishing schedule -- really big difficulties -- it should have been a warning about what would happen. I don't recommend this volume at all, though at least it was easy enough to get through that I finished it. ( )