SNAFU,
I wholeheartedly agree.
It was good the first time around, even better the second. It is one of the reasons he is the best, IMHO.
It is riveting from front to back, beginning to end.
His descriptive powers are awesome, his storytelling is a marvel, and all done with the utmost care in the use of the English language.
He is a wordsmith because, on top of his creative skills, he takes the utmost care with his writing.
In these days of "txt mssge grmmr", it is a joy to read, simply because he knows how to write.
He is a craftsman.