3.5/5

Following the first book of the series the world continues to evolve further and new plots develop. It’s certainly not as groundbreaking as the first book as in present time we spend most of the time in one area and the only real adventure happens in the past timeline.

As much as I appreciate the background on how everyone was recruited it was not nearly as well integrated into the present story line as the previous book. However it was really the only thing holding my interest in continuing. The present timeline stopped focusing on exploration and turned to mostly politics and a battle which were the weakest parts of the book.

Overall though I enjoyed the story and am curious to see the conclusion.