Injection, Vol. 2

Mr Ellis is always mindboggling. Sometimes I like it more than others. But Headland was a right good time.

This volume is much more focused that the first installment. Centering around the detective Vivek Headland as he investigates a case involving a very peculiar ham sandwich. Headland is a fun take on a Homes-esque detective, so I was more than happy that this arc was mostly centered around him. We get an case involving mystic cults, the philosophers stone and plenty of Ellis's distinctive dialogue.

Injection was envisaged as a series of trade paper backs and it shows, this features a satisfying single story arc. Volume 2 is where we start to get some of the payoff from the first volumes worldbuilding.
By the end of it this arc the reader is left with a clearer idea of what the Injection is and what it has been up to and most importantly why we should care.

Assuming this volume is the model for future arcs I eagerly anticipate when we get to see volume 3.

This is such a strange series, I hardly have words to describe it!