Such a great start to a series!
This series was recommended on Brandon Sandersons blog (by one of his interns I believe) and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This book has a great level of mystery, suspense, and action, with fantastic character and world building — it doesn't fall into the common trap of being so detailed as to be boring, but it's more than enough to make you invest in the characters.
I was concerned about pacing towards the end but it worked out reasonably well, and left the story in a good place between books.
If you like fantasy, particularly authors like a random Sanderson or Brent Weeks, pick this up!
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Lover of sci-fi/fantasy. Particularly love alternative history and post-apocalyptic (but no horror) settings. Voracious reader. Author of tech books.
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