This book is gorgeous. The first issue introduces a world of bi-pedal, finely dressed animals of all species living together in floating wicker cities in the sky. Dusty is a young terrier, son of a wizard tradesman who barters with the bison clans who live on the plans below. Dusty's sky-city home is held up by magic, but the magic of this world is dwindling. A set of wizards form a bold plan: to reach back in time with magic and summon the Great Champion, who saved magic at the dawn of history. The plan works, in a fashion, but at a terrible price. Someone is summoned, but where and when he came from is unclear. During the summoning Dusty's city plummets to the ground, leaving he stranded with a group of vain wizards and an alien in dangerous territory, surrounded by angry planes tribes.