First book I’ve read in this series and I really enjoyed it. It has a bit of everything from love, lust, death (lots of it), betrayal, greed, torture, adventure, action, loss, etc. Living in Cape Town of course I enjoyed the setting which I know, as well as the background history. I was really wrapped up in the details of the story and the various climaxes that unfolded, and was really wishing it would not end. But good to know there are lots more books in this series!