Double-dealing, fast-talk ing foul mouths are always trying to run the universe, and it is up to the pure of heart to prevent them from doing so with their good intentions.

Overall, an enjoyable read, almost a confection in how lightly it treats intrigue and sabotage and murder, but engaging in its twists and turns. It even manages to make sociopathically self-centred and greedy characters somewhat sympathetic, even if only in relief.

It felt like it ended a little too soon, which perhaps doe the job of setting me up as a reader (buyer) of the next book in the series.