What matter the colour of the collar around a man's neck, if the chains linked to them were identical? Better to struggle against helplessness, as far as he was concerned.

This was my favourite book in the series so far. It started on an unknown character who I immediately enjoyed. And unlike past books, the scale started small and you followed the character for several chapters. Then the story opened up and brought back familiar story lines and merged with the first half of the book.

Either the story was more engaging or I am getting used to Erikson's writing but I was able to follow along with most of the story here than I have in past books.