Wow. This was fantastic! It felt disjointed and episodic at first, but things really came together about halfway through, and there was a ton of payoff at the end. I like books that make me think in different ways about about big ideas and concepts that I already think a lot about, and this did that for AI and several fantasy tropes. Either of those would have been interesting by themselves, but both in one book? Mind-blowing! In short, I really enjoyed this, and will be looking for more by this author in the future.