Take all my nagging complaints about previous volumes not moving forward fast enough and throw them out the window. The 6th entry in Mike Carey's thoughtful and thrilling story about stories kicks things into high gear and we finally start to understand just what in the hell this world is meant to be. 
 This volume consists of all the regular issues from 31-35, along with the "half" issues released in between each of these. While each half issue stands alone as a single story, when read in this order they build to about as much of an explanation of the Cabal and its ambitions as I could've hoped to receive before series' end. So much light is shed on the world below the surface of The Unwritten that I'm almost worried there's none left to shed. But, I have high hopes for the continuation of the brilliant series. If it's anything like BPRD (another of my absolute favorites), it will use bold strides to maintain momentum instead of getting tripped up.