Definitely well written and keeps you sucked in from the start. A big bag of standard cliche fantasy fare, a cast of characters covering volume 1 of the New and Extended Character Class Handbook. Lots of old and older and even more oldest gods and pre-human races that are almost all comically shallow. Women characters exist even in prominent roles, though they either are (a) ice-cold and calculating or get a healthy dose of (b) male gaze. An enjoyable read for sure, but nowhere near different or imaginative beyond the fantasy-gatekeeping of adolescent white boys.