Review: Another winner
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2012
I've enjoyed many books from this author, and this one is another winner.Like some other writers, (L.E Modesitt Jr. comes to mind), he has a "Typical" first character template. He uses the same general formula to flesh out his principal characters in most of his books. As most of them are character driven novels, if you enjoy that "template" of his, you are likely to enjoy most of his books.Here it is: A shade idealistic, a certain naivety, more than a touch of innocence, one or more special skills, an often disguised but keen intelligence, and an improbably high moral character.You can also read too many books in a row, and grow bored with the sameness, but I think there's nothing wrong about using a favored main ingredient to make different recipes. I for one am partial to this one. If you've read the young ancient series and liked it, or Proxy, or to a lesser extent dead end, you'll likely enjoy this book as well.The book is polished and well edited, as expected of someone with so many books under their belt. It cries out for a sequel, but the author has been good about that in the past, so Hopefully we'll see more of this. The pleasantly wavy plot has many unexpected turns, but this story is really all about characters.