I read (or, listened to, I guess more correctly) the first book last year and liked it a lot. I actually think I like this second book more than the first, if only by a very little. Genghis, now khan of the unified clans, sets his sights on the Chin lands and Yenking. His straightforward approach towards unifying the clans and warfare up until this point meets with an unyielding foe, and different approaches are necessary.

The author uses different perspectives to spread the narrative out on a wider field, and we really get to know some of the characters that aren't Genghis fairly well, which I appreciate. I think my favorite part of the book, as small a part as it was, comes near the end when Genghis and Kachiun are watching their spoils leave Yenking, and they have a quiet moment of introspection about where they see their tribe and their people go from there. It's a very well written book, war is bloody, brutal business, and the author doesn't sugarcoat it at all.

I will say that it starts out very slow, but if you give it the time to play out, the book is an extremely satisfying adventure.