Traveling to the dragon graveyard becomes an event for not only the humans, but the dragons, as well.

A brutal storm sends Vera, Robin, and Coy down a trail where they shouldn’t have traveled. After the storm, Vera flies out to look for a place to camp and finds a deserted town. She explores the place and discovers it’s a gold mining town but overlooks an important piece of information—miners have gone missing. They decide it’s a good place to rest for the night, but while the others sleep, Vera heads out to find the gold mine, not realizing there’s a darker presence at work. Needless to say, her absence becomes a problem for the rest of the crew.

Once again, Kay Woolhiser does a fine job with the art and coloring. There’s lots of breathing space in the panels, and nothing is overdone. You feel and sense the wide open plains of what could have been the early west, but with dragons. Story wise, Robin is finally getting his hands dirty (literally) and getting firsthand experience of the world outside of his metaphorical ivory tower; however, Coy doesn’t really have much to do in this issue. Once again, there’s a flashback to when Vera and Jack were both part of Sila’s crew prior to her stealing Blaze. It doesn’t really add much that we didn’t already know, and as I mentioned in the previous review, that time could have been spent on what motivated her to join Sila’s crew to begin with.

What we do see is that living with a band of criminals has clearly rubbed off on Vera, as she puts herself first over the safety of her charges. It’s a terrific flaw for a person who tries to do the right thing but fails at it. It’s the first time we’re shown the underlining theme of this story—self-preservation over the greater good. It will be interesting to see how her character evolves.

I look forward to the next issue.

Creative Team: Lorelei Jonason and Caleb Palmquist (writers), Kay Woolhiser (artist), Dave Lentz (letterer)
Publisher: Caleb Palmquist
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