Star Seed (Ascender, #4) by Jeff Lemire

This concludes the majestic Descender/Ascender saga. Well, at least for now.
Funny thing is that reading the first three books of the Ascender, I was thinking, “well, this is good but not as good as the Descender, I might be mainly liking it because I loved Descender so much…”, but then I read book four and dear reader let me tell you I was wrong. Ascender is a terrific adventure all of its own, well, at least as far as continuations of adventures go.
Something about volume four (let’s be honest, it’s Tim-21, the best of both worlds in one boy, although now a much more mature one) just worked perfectly, elevating the entire production.
Something about the way it all came together.
There was an undeniable epic quality here. Epicosity? It was just so very good. And so exciting, so thrilling. SO gorgeous. For my money, one of the best drawn graphic novels I’ve ever had the pleasure to read and that isn’t an inconsiderable sample size, either.
It hit all the right notes emotionally and intellectually, too. Just a wow, all around wow.
Great read. Awesome read. Recommended.