Review: Quite a story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
Before I was two pages in, I could tell this book was written by a non-native writer of English. It has the twists and turns and crazy difficult names of a Russian epic, and is nearly as long! But likethe great Russian works, the final product is fully satisfying. Problems which might simply be solved by a better editor are easy to overlook in the final saga that combines two different deep political stories with a larger story of the magic and science of the steampunk setting.I look forward to the next chance to wander the streets of Vilnius and eavesdrop on the political and personal lives of its residents.