EIDOLON, CHAPTER 5: Eidolon have M and Moneypenny, in a remote safehouse, with no hope of backup, no aid on the way, and no sign of James Bond. Fear and paranoia and the collapse of governmental structure are in sight. Britain is going back to the Dark Ages and SPECTRE, finally, have won.
With the next chapter bringing things to a close for the arc and this series, James Bond has definitely found its groove. There's been a lot to like with what Ellis and Masters have done with this arc, especially in comparison to the first one, but I do wish they had taken a different structural design on the property so that the arcs were shorter and we had one-off issues that would delve into other areas of character, country, MI5, and so forth so that we had a more fully realized world and cast of characters. Still, the penultimate installment of this arc is strong and I imagine it'll read wonderfully in a marathon setting. Read Full Review