I've been searching for a book that could make me feel the way I did when I first read the Hobbit and lord of the Rings over 30 years ago. Or how the Harry Potter books kept me up all night reading. I don't think this book goes to the same level, as deep and wondrous as Middle Earth, nor is the language quite as elegant as Rowling's prose. But it still had a certain quality to it, an energy, that I really appreciated. It's a fun read and a real page-turner.