In my mind, this is the best of all the Thorgal BDs. It’s so well-done, so complicated too! Time-travelling is always a tricky business and it’s hard to make it work, but in this masterpiece everything just flows beautifully. Though it does bogle the mind. I might eventually have to draw up timelines to understand it all.

As usual, the drawings are great and it’s a pleasure to see the northern winter landscapes and its summery contrast. The characters who share Thorgal’s story for just this album, Torric and Vlana, are fully-fleshed and very interesting. (I actually loved Vlana so much, her name became my Internet surname for a while.)

It’s really the best Thorgal. Everybody must own it! Also it’s nice because it’s a one-album story (not a cycle) so you don’t need to buy ten albums to understand it.