Thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

tl;dr
A solid fantasy adventure with an immediately likable cast and strong, detailed artwork.

About
The Summoners are dead. All but one, at least. Talli has spent her life hidden away, but enemies have found her, and now she's on the run. Accompanied by the knight Alan, and guided by a strange man and boy with secrets of their own, Talli must escape to a safe place and learn the truth about her powers.

Thoughts
I love a good fantasy adventure, and this is a good fantasy adventure. On the surface, it has all the things you'd expect: a princess-like sheltered girl with a strange power, a too-noble knight, a dangerous old man with a sketchy past, and a young lad with secrets of his own. But it's the familiarity with the genre and expectations that makes this such a good read. Characters are written with pathos rather than as tropes, and the author's love for the genre is clear. The art style lends to the mood very well. It's a delight to see traditional inking in our digital era. Heavy inks and hatching give the story a very lived-in feel, along with a wealth of environment art, and some really clever use of tones for lighting. While not drawn in gory detail, the story does not shy away from violence - with several people losing limbs or heads along the way. Longtime fans of the genre will probably not find many surprises in the plot; but like a favorite meal I keep returning to, sometimes I just want something familiar made with expertise and love. Talli absolutely feeds that hunger, and I look forward to the next volume!