I was so excited to read this book because I loved the previous volumes and short stories. But I was disappointed. It wasn't nearly as good as the other book and the story just wasn't as interesting. I really hope Brook goes back to some of the characters we've meet before and gives us stories for them. 
 The Di Flori story was rather out there and ludicrous but could have been understood more if there seemed an easier solution to stop a madman who was trying to help his father. 
 David was a little interesting and I felt for him, wanting to bury his mothers necklace, but the idea of Annika's people thwarting that goal seems highly insulting even if they were trying to protect their way of life. 
 Annika was a good character and I enjoyed her most of the time but once David and Annika left the airship the story just seemed to drag on and got less and less interesting. 
 Sadly not that great.