Whoah this was great! It's not every book that I go back and slowly absorb every page after reading, so much to take in and it's so fast paced that it's hard to get it all on first view. Pope is a beast of an artist, gonna check out more of his stuff. Sounds like this will be a series, with the next book focusing on Aurora West.
Thanks (I think) lonsome_d for the recommendation on this one - I decided to hold off reading this to my boy until he's a little older (going on 7 now), did you share with the kids? I think he'd be okay with everything but he's been going through a scaredy phase and knew the bad guys would inspire some wide-eyed bedtimes.