Review: Very good
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2012
Quite good for a freebie.  The Guadel society has interesting and original elements. Protagonist is flawed and enjoyable. His flaws though were inflicted by others causing him some real troubles. A half breed orphan can be a brutal childhood. Sword and dagger training and combat throughout the story.The Guadel are a roving justice of the peace or defenders of the people traveling from underground hamlet to hamlet. Their society lives at high elevation and in severe cold. Bandits and predators are their main enemy when the book starts. This is a story about people trying to good. Trying to help the helpless. Really a nice story.Few flaws in this story at all. Well written, dialogue works, and few errors to pull you out of the story. My only complaint is the length. Longer than a short story for sure and a natural enough ending to keep it from being enough to detract. Just that another 100pgs would have worked very well. Worth the effort to read and it's free. A win.